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KCI Announces It Will Appeal German Patent Ruling (Medical News Today)
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) announced that the German Federal Patent Court has ruled that a German patent licensed to KCI from Wake Forest related to KCI’s V.A.C. technology is invalid. The validity of the German patent (EP 0620720 (DE 69224847)) is being challenged by Medela, M lnlycke Health Care AB, and Smith & Nephew plc.

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