Cooley has represented and counseled clients in the medical device field for many years. Our IP team includes many attorneys with technical and legal backgrounds related to the medical device field. Our vast experience allows us to appreciate the many unique challenges that face companies in this rapidly growing and highly competitive field, such as short product lifecycles, a highly litigious IP environment, and an expanding international market.
We counsel our medical device clients on the development and implementation of global IP strategies, including product clearance and all aspects of domestic and international patent prosecution (including patent interferences, reexaminations, reissues, and appeals). We also provide counseling and support in the critical IP aspects of all types of transactions (including strategic investments, licenses, mergers and acquisition, and public offerings). As a result, we recognize the distinct competitive pressures facing medical device companies and respond with IP strategies that effectively address these challenges.
Exemplary of our work in the medical device field, we have recently worked on projects for the following types of medical devices/procedures.
- Bariatric surgery
- Brachytherapy
- Cosmetic surgery injection devices
- Endoscopic devices – numerous applications including uretheral and prostate
- Grafts, including bone, vascular, and skin and other tissue (small intestinal submucosa; fetal bovine dermis, polypropylene mesh)
- Imaging – numerous modalities, including IVUS (intravascular ultrasonic imaging), optical coherence tomography, infrared spectroscopy, photoactivated localization microscopy
- Medical device technology
- Medical imaging
- Medical simulation and training devices
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Neural stimulation, cortical and peripheral, for applications including pain management, rehabilitation and incontinence
- Orthodontics modeling and production
- Orthopedics
- Particle beam systems
- Pelvic floor reconstruction – surgical techniques, suturing tools, natural and synthetic reinforcement materials
- Pulmonary drug delivery
- Spectrometers
- Spinal implants
- Stents – airway, ureteral, cardiovascular (including drug eluting)
- Tissue ablation – thermal, RF, cryogenic
- Treatments for stress urinary incontinence, including uretheral slings, bulking agents, RF tissue tightening
- Ultrasonic thrombolysis
- Vascular catheter navigation
- X-ray systems
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