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CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. v. CORDIS CORP.

Civ. No. 4-77-427.

549 F.Supp. 564 (1981)

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. CORDIS CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

August 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haugen & Nikolai, Orrin Haugen, Minneapolis, Minn., Allegretti, Newitt, Witcoff & McAndrews, Ltd., Charles G. Call and Bradley J. Hulbert, Chicago, Ill., and Kevin T. O'Malley, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff.

Kenway & Jenney, Henry D. Pahl, Jr., and Gilbert H. Hennessey, Boston, Mass., and Williamson, Bains, Moore & Hansen, Malcolm L. Moore, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

DEVITT, Senior District Judge.

This is a patent case involving the patentability of an implantable electronic pacer to control irregular human heart beats. Three hundred thousand such devices manufactured by 27 different companies are sold world-wide each year. Two of the principal producers are arranged in adversary positions here.

The litigation between these parties commenced when Cordis Corporation (Cordis), a Florida corporation...

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