Healthcare Industry News: Edwards Lifesciences
News Release - February 8, 2011
Medtronic Issues Statement on District Court Ruling Regarding CoreValve
MINNEAPOLIS--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT ) today announced that the U.S. District Court of Delaware issued its ruling on post-trial motions filed by the parties in Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve, Inc. In its ruling, the Court denied Edwards Lifesciences' request for a permanent injunction to prohibit Medtronic from manufacturing its CoreValve® System in the U.S. As such, Medtronic does not anticipate any interruption to supply of its CoreValve System. The Court also denied Edwards’ request for enhanced damages.The Court's ruling has no impact on the Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Trial, which began in December.
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