The lawsuit alleges that Ethicon's latest ultrasonic surgical product, the Harmonic ACE+7, infringes three Covidien patents. The same federal court found that these patents were valid and had been ...

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, announces the launch of HARMONIC FOCUS+ Shears with Adaptive Tissue Technology (HARMONIC FOCUS+) the next generation ...

How relentless can medical device industry patent lawsuits become? Consider Covidien's ($COV) battle against J&J ($JNJ)/Ethicon over its Harmonic line of ultrasonic ...

Only 10 years have passed without a resolution since Covidien ($COV) first sued Ethicon Endo-Surgery for patent violations in the Harmonic line of ultrasonic surgical ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an effort to expand surgeons’ choices to both advanced bipolar and ultrasonic energy technology in open and laparoscopic procedures, Ethicon Endo-Surgery ...

Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Endo-Surgery unit sued surgical-device maker Covidien Plc, claiming patent infringement of ultrasonic scalpel technology. Ethicon claims Covidien’s Sonicision ...

Ethicon is a leader in advanced energy solutions and offers one of the broadest portfolios of ultrasonic energy devices using HARMONIC ® technology and advanced bipolar energy devices using ...

In 2010, Covidien had leveled charges against Ethicon’s Harmonic line of ultrasonic surgical devices stating that the products infringed three of the company’s patents. In Mar 2013 ...