Legal Opinion
Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 27, 1990No. Civ. A. 88 C 4997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. *
Sakharam D. Mahurkar, a physician, holds several patents on dual-lumen hemo-dialysis catheters. A dual-lumen catheter is a pair of tubes (lumens) designed to allow blood to be removed from an artery, processed in a machine that removes impurities, and returned close to the place of removal.
Hemodialysis catheters are used to palliate kidney failure. In the event of chronic failure, physicians construct a fistula, a permanent internal connection between vein and artery that provides ready, long-term access to the circulatory system. During the several weeks…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Vas-Cath Incorporated and Gambro, Inc. v. Sakharam D. Mahurkar, and Quinton Instruments CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- In Re Mahurkar Double Lumen Hemodialysis Catheter Patent LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
- Petit v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- In re Mahurkar Double Lumen Hemodialysis Catheter Patent LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
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