Federal Court Orders Permanent Injunction against Medtronic

The U.S. District Court in Boston has issued a permanent injunction against Medtronic, banning the company from making, using, or selling its Vertex and Vertex Max polyaxial screws. All subsidiaries, affiliates, and distributors of the screws must return the products to Medtronic. The ruling followed a federal jury's finding that Medtronic infringed on a polyaxial screw technology patent that is owned by Biedermann Motech GmbH and exclusively licensed to DePuy Spine Inc.