HemaMetrics wins summary judgment on Delta H.HemaMetrics Corporation (Boston, MA; 978-275-4172), formerly In-Line Diagnostics, announced that the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. in Utah granted a motion for summary judgment motion for summary judgment n. a written request for a judgment in the moving party's favor before a lawsuit goes to trial and based on recorded (testimony outside court) affidavits (or declarations under penalty of perjury), depositions, admissions of fact, answers of non-infringement in favor of HemaMetrics with respect to its manufacture and sale of dialysis access management technology using its patented Delta H technology. In the underlying litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , Transonic transonic in ultrasonography, the complete transmission of sound so the image appears black; anechoic; echolucent. Corporation v. In-Line Diagnostics, Inc., Transonic alleged that certain aspects of HemaMetrics' dialysis access management equipment infringed United States Patent 5,685,989. In November 2000, Transonic sought and obtained an injunction preliminarily enjoining HemaMetrics' advertising and sale in the United States of its automated Delta H technique for access management. In July 2001, the Federal Circuit of Appeals vacated the injunction. Subsequently, the case was dismissed via summary judgment of non-infringement by the United States District Court in Utah. "Although we are leading a paradigm shift in access monitoring and management with our new Transcutaneous transcutaneous /trans·cu·ta·ne·ous/ (-ku-ta´ne-us) transdermal. trans·cu·ta·ne·ous adj. Transdermal. Access Blood Flow device, TQA, introduced earlier this year, we had no choice but to aggressively defend our original patent position associated with the Delta H technique. This segment of our business is critical since vascular access thrombosis vascular access thrombosis Nursing A thrombus which forms at the site of vascular access is the largest single cause of morbidity in the chronic hemodialysis population, yielding hospitalizations in excess of 25% with an associated annual cost of over $1 billion in the United States," said Michael Magliochetti, Ph.D., President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HemaMetrics. "We are extremely pleased with the validation of our intellectual property and will continue to oppose any claims to our technological leadership in access management as we continue to grow our business." The company is currently manufacturing and marketing the Crit-Line product platform, a non-invasive stand-alone blood monitoring system employing proprietary photo-optical technology which enables the continuous real-time measurement of vital whole blood parameters such as hematocrit Hematocrit Definition The hematocrit measures how much space in the blood is occupied by red blood cells. It is useful when evaluating a person for anemia. Purpose Blood is made up of red and white blood cells, and plasma. , percent change in blood volume, saturated oxygen and access blood flow as an adjunct to hemodialysis therapy. HemaMetrics is a privately held medical technology company with offices in both Boston and Salt Lake City. HemaMetrics has established a product portfolio encompassing both extracorporeal and transcutaneous blood parameter monitoring. |
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