December 26, 2007
Medtronic loses litigation to DePuy over polyaxial Vertex screws, what is the significance?
Analysis of:
U.S. Federal Court Issues Permanent Injunction Against Medtronic's Vertex And Vertex Max Screws | www.medicalnewstoday.com
This analysis is solely the work of the author. It has not been edited or endorsed by GLG.
Implications: the use of Vertex polyaxial screws is only a minor part of the spinal implant protfolio at Medtronic (MDT:NYSE). This should not affect the bottom line to any significant extent.
Analysis: Vertex screws are used in posterior cervical spinal surgery. This type of surgery is relatively limited in numbers compared to some other approaches to the spine, and therefore, the use of this instrumentation probably represents much less than 5% of spinal implant sales at Medtronic.
Analysis: Vertex screws are used in posterior cervical spinal surgery. This type of surgery is relatively limited in numbers compared to some other approaches to the spine, and therefore, the use of this instrumentation probably represents much less than 5% of spinal implant sales at Medtronic.
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