Legal Opinion
Randolph M. Howes, Janice Kinchen Howes, and Arrow International, Inc. v. Medical Components, Inc., and American Hospital Supply Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 19, 1987No. Appeal 86-1157PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting summary judgment of non-infringement of claim 7 (the only claim in suit) of U.S. Patent No. 4,072,146 (the Howes patent, now reissue No. Re. 31,873) for a “Venous Catheter Device” to Medical Components, Inc. (MedComp) and American Hospital Supply Corp. (AHS), 623 F.Supp. 164. We vacate and remand.
Background
The Howes patent discloses and claims a triple lumen infusion catheter for insertion into a vein. A catheter is basically a tube which is inserted…
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