Our firm provides highly-specialized intellectual property legal services for clients involved in the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of medical devices regulated by the FDA. By combining experience gained through diverse litigation, counseling and prosecution activities, our attorneys have developed effective strategies for growing and managing intellectual property portfolios. These benefits also extend to our approach toward helping clients procure domestic and international patents and trademarks, as well as obtain technology transfer and licensing agreements. All of these activities and experiences have contributed to our excellent track record in protecting and maintaining medical device patent portfolios.

Our commitment to provide clients with superior intellectual property legal services is facilitated by our diverse array of scientific and technology backgrounds, including chemistry, biomedical, and electrical and mechanical engineering.

We provide services to Fortune 500 companies, publicly or privately held firms, universities and other not-for-profit organizations, start-ups, and individual inventors. Our experience in servicing clients of varying size allows us to view client issues from different perspectives and tailor our advice to the specific needs of the client, the resources of the client and the development stage of the client’s medical devices or products. Our legal services in the field of medical devices and life sciences include litigation, opinions and investigations, patent prosecution, licensing, portfolio management, due diligence, technology transfers and M&A support. Further, we have experience in the following medical devices and life sciences areas:

• Allograft Implants
• Antibodies
• Biological Fluids Separation & Collection Systems
• Blood Cooling Systems
• Cardiac Diagnostic Equipment
• Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Devices
• Catheters & Stents
• Cell & Tissue Treatment/Therapy
• Contact Lenses
• Defibrillators
• Dialysis Equipment
• Drug Delivery Devices & Vehicles

• Electronic Infusion Pumps
• Electrosurgery
• Endoscopes
• Hearing Aids
• Intravenous Nutrition Solutions, Containers & Compounding Systems
• Magnetic Resonance
• Medical Imaging Devices
• Opthalmic Instruments & Processes
• Orthopedic Devices
• Oxygenators
• Pacemakers
• Peritoneal Dialysis Equipment

• Personalized Medicine
• Pre-Filled Vials & Syringes for Injectable Drugs
• Premixed Drugs and Drug Reconstitution Systems
• Prosthetic Organs & Joints
• Protein Purification Systems
• Radiation Treatment & Oncology
• Seed Biotechnology
• Spinal Implants
• Surgical Instruments
• Surgical Navigation Systems
• Ultrasound Devices
• X-Ray Imaging Devices