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...Voting 8-1 in Riegel v Medtronic, the justices barred a suit from the widow of a man injured by a heart catheter that had been approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration....
...On Tuesday the court heard Riegel versus Medtronic, which deals with pre-emption for sophisticated medical devices, and in February it will take up Warner-Lambert v Kent, which looks at whether a state law...
...The case before the court, Riegel v Medtronic, could have big implications for makers of medical devices and possibly other products....
...Medtronic, another medical-device maker, on Tuesday filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Guidant, alleging that its older Vision stent violates patents licensed by Medtronic....
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