Stryker Corp. v. Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc.

OPINION

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

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SPATT, District Judge:

INTRODUCTION

In years past, a person with an arthritic hip was generally relegated to a wheelchair. The advent of modern medical prosthesis technology now permits such a person to walk and resume a normal life through the use of an artificial socket, ball and neck of the hip joint, known as a hip implant prosthesis or femoral prosthesis. Today, the manufacture and supply of prosthetic devices is a growing and profitable industry. The marketing of such devices is estimated to have generated $2.2…