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18 June 2020Americas

MicroPort accuses rival of selling ‘knock-off’ surgical tools

MicroPort Orthopedics has sued rival  Medacta, accusing it of providing surgeons with “knock-off copies and defaced versions” of MicroPort’s patented surgical tools.

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