In 2004, Smith & Nephew sued Arthrex and alleged that certain products of Arthrex’s SutureTak® and PushLock® suture anchor families infringed the ‘557 patent (case number 3-04-cv-00029).

Arthrex today announced it has served a patent infringement lawsuit against Smith & Nephew and its wholly-owned ... BioRaptor Knotless, Footprint PK, TwinFix and Ultra suture anchors, ...

Smith & Nephew SNN announced today that the next phase of its patent infringement case against Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.) -- claiming that use of Arthrex's Bio-SutureTak, PEEK SutureTak and ...