Legal Opinion
Abiomed, Inc. v. Maquet Cardiovascular LLC
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 7, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16-10914-FDSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
F. Dennis Saylor, IV, United States District Judge
This is an action for patent infringement. Defendant Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC owns six patents directed to guidable intravascular blood pumps and related methods. Plaintiff Abiomed, Inc.
*8("Abiomed") filed this action seeking declaratory judgment that it does not infringe those patents and that they are invalid.
The parties have submitted proposed claim constructions of eighteen terms or groups of terms. The Court held a Markman hearing on April 24 and 25, 2018. The construction of the various terms in dispute is set forth below.
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