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 subsidiary, ArthroCare, Corp in th ...

Additional products from Arthrex's SutureTak and PushLock families of suture anchors were added to this dispute, as well as another lawsuit also pending in Oregon.