Medical Device Companies Owe $1.2 Million in Design Patent Loss

Medical Components Inc. and Martech Medical Products Inc. owe a Florida man over $1.2 million for infringing a patent covering the design of a handle on a medical device, a Pennsylvania federal district court judge ruled.

MedComp and Martech, sister medical device companies, infringed a design patent owned by Larry Junker, District Judge Mitchell Goldberg said following a bench trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Junker’s patent, U.S. Patent No. D450,839, covers the handle design of an “introducer sheath.” The sheath is a device used to insert a catheter into a patient’s vein. ...