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Dr. Shirin Towfigh claims the medical device giant “knowingly copied” her design for a hernia device treatment.

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The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, is the latest in a series of patent challenges against ...

Bath went on to become the first Black woman ever to receive a medical patent in 1988 for a laser that treats cataracts.

A monthly column recounting the diagnosis of a puzzling medical case. By Sandra G. Boodman. Submit solved medical mysteries to sandra.boodman@washpost.com.

There is a large window-lined laboratory at the back of one of Clemson University's most storied buildings, Newman Hall, ...

The narrowest version of the question focuses on the effect of existing patents held by actors (industry, university, government laboratories, etc.) on medical care and innovation. How is the ...

Set in a central Oregon hospital (whose administrator longs to make it a medical destination), the series is staffed by ...

Shares of Tenon Medical were trading sharply higher in the after-hours market following news the company was awarded three patents in the U.S. In late-trading, shares of Tenon rose 45% to $4.98.

Medtech giant Medtronic has successfully seen two patents for its sacral neuromodulation (SNM) upheld before US courts, opening the way for a lawsuit against bladder and bowel company Axonics.