Jury Rules in Favor of Axonics in High-Stakes Patent Lawsuit Against Medtronic

Los Angeles — In a significant legal decision, Axonics, the Irvine-based medical device company, was cleared of patent infringement allegations by Medtronic in a verdict delivered by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The jury found unanimously that Axonics did not infringe on any of the three patents cited by Medtronic in the lawsuit, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing rivalry between the two companies in the field of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) technologies. Raymond W. Cohen, CEO of Axonics, expressed satisfaction with the jury’s decision, emphasizing that … Read more