Stryker Scores IP Win – Tightens Grip on Foot & Ankle Market

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In yet another chapter of the orthopedic industry’s long-running patent wars, Stryker Corporation has emerged victorious in its latest legal bout with OsteoMed LLC, winning an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The stakes? Control over a clever little innovation in bone plate design for foot and ankle fusion — and, by extension, a slice of one of orthopedics’ fastest-growing niches.