Litigation in the World of Vein Treatment
Most people only pay attention to lawsuits in the news when they're impressively interesting or when they have a direct effect on the individual. For that reason, you may have missed learning about the
vein treatment litigation that is pending in the courts after a series of delays. The news isn't great for gossip and may not have a direct effect on what's going on with you these days but it's interesting nonetheless.
The litigation is a result of a patent infringement lawsuit which was filed earlier this year. VNUS technologies (makers of the much-touted new
VNUS Closure Fast technology) believe that they hold a patent which is being infringed upon by another vein treatment technology maker. The defendant in the litigation is Diomed (maker of
EVLT) and co-defendants AngioDynamics and Vascular Solutions.
The status of the litigation is currently pending. A status conference was recently held but no date for the trial was set at that time. The end of the year will come and go before the next status conference on the issue is set to take place. For the meantime, that means that vein treatment will continue without change. However, we may see changes in the future if the litigation is successful.
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