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• Focus on the World Carotid Stents Market

  - 2008-03-27

  Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue. World Carotid Stents Market This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Carotid Stents in Thousand Units and US$ Million. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the...

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• Focus on the World Carotid Stents Market.

  - 2008-03-27

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 27, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue. World Carotid Stents Market This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Carotid Stents...

  Tags: Boston Scientific Corp., Consumer Electronics Association, Europe, FDA, Government, Guidant Corp., Handhelds, HARDWARE, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic Inc., SOFTWARE, U.S.

• Ascent Healthcare Receives 510 Clearances to Reprocess Coronary Bypass Devices from Guidant and Medtronic

  - 2007-10-08

  PHOENIX -- Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has cleared two Ascent 510k submissions to reprocess specific Medtronic and Guidant cardiac stabilization and positioner devices.

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• Medtronic Sues Guidant in Ireland; Alleges Patent Infringement by Vision® and Xience™ Stents; Seeks Damages and Injunction

  - 2006-03-28

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Guidant Corporation in the High Court in Dublin, Ireland. The lawsuit alleges that the Guidant MULTI-LINK VisionR and XienceTM V coronary stents infringe patents under exclusive worldwide license to Medtronic Vascular from evYsio Medical...

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• Medtronic Responds to Verdicts in Jury Trial Phase of Stent Litigation with Guidant Corporation; Further Proceedings Still to be Heard by the Court

  - 2005-02-18

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that a Delaware jury rendered verdicts in patent litigation between Medtronic and the ACS subsidiary of Guidant Corporation (NYSE:GDT). The jury found that the Guidant Lau patents at issue are valid and that certain Medtronic stentsa, including the S7 and Driver stents, infringe...

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• Industrial Research Institute's 6th annual R&D leaderboard: R&D spending by the top 100 U.S. and global technology investors in 2003

  - 2004-11-01

  Neither IRI's nor other industry sages' predictions or early estimates for R&D spending in 2003 foresaw the robust turnaround in R&D that actually occurred. Spending in 2003 by the top 100 U.S. companies increased from 2002 by 5.4 percent to $120 billion (Table 1). In retrospect, with better data now...

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• Novation Signs Agreements With Guidant and Medtronic to Save Hospitals Money on Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Related Rhythm Management Products

  - 2004-09-14

  Novation, the supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium UHC, has signed agreements with Guidant Corp. and Medtronic USA Inc. for cardiac rhythm management products, equipment and accessories.

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• Guidant Reveals Stent-Design Problem; Medtronic's Stent Test Results Improve.

  - 2004-05-27

  By Jim McCartney, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jim McCartney, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Medtronic Expresses Disappointment With Arbitrators' Decision in Dispute With Guidant On Rapid-Exchange Patents

  - 2002-04-25

  Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

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• Panel Finds Medtronic Infringed Guidant Rapid-Exchange Patent; Guidant Awarded $158 Million In Damages

  - 2002-04-25

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