Fujifilm Sonosite (Bothell, Washington) filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in March. The suit claims infringement of seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,169,108; 7,867,168; 8,128,050; 8,861,822; 9,538,985; 6,901,157; and 8,360,981) involving fundamental technologies for acquiring ultrasound images at the point of care with portable handheld systems.
Guilford, Connecticut–based Butterfly Network said today that the lawsuit lacks merit and that it will mount a vigorous defense that will include consideration of “all means necessary and appropriate to eliminate obstacles to its mission to enable more informed clinical decisions for all patients worldwide.”
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