Legal Opinion
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 31, 1982No. Civ. 3-78-207PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
DEVITT, Senior District Judge.
In this declaratory judgment action, the principal issue is the validity and possible infringement of defendant’s patents on surgically implantable heart pacemakers (pacers). Plaintiff and defendant are competitors in the manufacture and sale of pacers. Defendant holds patents filed in 1973 and 1975 that it claims are infringed by plaintiff’s Microlith and Microthin pacers, which came on the market in 1977 and 1980. Plaintiff denies infringement and seeks a declaration that defendant’s patents are invalid because the concept claimed in them was…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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