Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. v. Scimed Life Systems
Opinion
Opinion
Wilken, J.
ORDER GRANTING ACS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION OF THE COURT’S JUNE 22, 1999 ORDER
Plaintiff Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (ACS) moves for partial reconsideration of the Court’s June 22, 1999 Order denying ACS’s motion for summary judgment with respect to the inequitable conduct and indefiniteness defenses raised by Defendant SciMed Life Systems (SciMed). SciMed opposes the motion. Having considered all if the papers filed by the parties, the Court grants the motion.
BACKGROUND
This case involved a patent infringement suit brought by ACS against SciMed in regard to a patent for balloon dilatation catheters. ACS and SciMed both develop, manufacture, promote, and sell catheters used to perform intravascular procedures. ACS owns U.S.Patent No. 5,496,275 (the Sirhan ’275 patent), which relates to a balloon dilatation catheter used to perform percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients suffering from coronary disease arising from atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. ACS alleges that SciMed’s Bandit catheter infringes the Sirhan ’275 patent.
On December 24, 1998, the Court issued its order construing the terms of the Si-rhan ’275 patent. In…