Red Lion Medical Safety, Inc. v. Ohmeda, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs Red Lion Medical Safety, Inc. et al. bring this antitrust action against defendant Ohmeda, Inc. Ohmeda moves for summary judgment.

I.

Ohmeda, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of medical anesthesia equipment. Plaintiffs are independent service organizations (“ISOs”) who service anesthesia equipment, including Ohmeda machines. Plaintiffs accuse Ohmeda of trying to exclude them from the servicing market for Ohmeda equipment.

Until recently, when it was partitioned and sold, Ohmeda was the' health care division of The BOC Group, a British conglomerate. (See Willig Decl. at 7.) Ohme-da manufactures and sells anesthesia systems. (See Brandmeier Decl., ¶ 8.) An anesthesia system consists of (1) a gas delivery platform, including vaporizers and ventilators, that mixes gases with an anesthetic agent and induces the mixture into the patient; (2) respiratory gas monitors that track the presence of gases in the patient; and (3) physiological monitors that track the patient’s vital signs, such as heart rate. (See id., ¶ 9.) Ohmeda provides service for its anesthesia systems and also manufactures and sells replacement parts for its…