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KCI Appoints Ron Silverman, M.D., FACS, Chief Medical Officer
Latest Innovation Provides Groundbreaking Design in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
KCI to Launch the V.A.C.VIA™, an Advanced Mobile Healing Technology
Latest Innovation Provides Groundbreaking Design in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
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KCI Hosts Investigator Meeting for New Multicenter Observational ABTAC Study during American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congr
Hosts Open Abdomen Management Symposium Featuring Top Surgical, Critical Care Experts
Australian Appeals Court Lifts Temporary Injunction Against Smith & Nephew Foam Dressing Kit
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) announced today that the Full Court of The Federal Court of Australia, Victoria District Registry has lifted a temporary injunction in KCI’s patent litigation with Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN). The temporary injunction, which was issued in June 2009, prohibited Smith & Nephew from selling foam dressing kits for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in Australia. The temporary injunction is being lifted until the trial court can rule on the merits of the patent infringement case. The trial on the merits is scheduled to take place in June 2010. KCI is seeking monetary damages and permanent injunctive relief against Smith & Nephew in Australia for the marketing and sale of NPWT dressing kits which KCI believes infringe a patent licensed to KCI from Wake Forest University Health Sciences.
KCI Highlights ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System at American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Conference Symposium
Company Also Introduces New U.S. Open Abdomen Management System Clinical Guidelines
KCI Reunited with Formerly Conjoined Egyptian Twins after Landmark Surgery
Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim, the eight-year-old craniopagus twins successfully separated during a well-documented and risky 34-hour operation in 2003, will visit Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) Friday for a celebratory reunion.
KCI Sponsors Georgetown Diabetic Limb Salvage Conference Symposium Featuring Top Limb Preservation Experts
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) will sponsor a CME-accredited panel discussion, “The Role of NPWT in the Team Approach to Limb Salvage: Case Studies,” at the 3rd Annual Georgetown Diabetic Limb Salvage conference September 24-26.
KCI Announces Expected Regulatory Approval to Enter Japan Market
KCI announced today that it has been informed by the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency in Japan that in October the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will grant regulatory approval for KCI to begin market development activities in Japan for its innovative V.A.C.® Therapy product.
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. to Participate in the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2009
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) today announced that Catherine Burzik, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
KCI Launches Innovative ABThera(TM) Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System to Help Manage Patients with Severe Conditions
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI), today announced the official launch of ABThera™ open abdomen negative pressure therapy system, the latest addition to its Negative Pressure Technology Platform (NPTP).
United States Patent and Trademark Office Confirms Validity of KCI Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Patents
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Office actions confirming the validity of three separate patents licensed to KCI by Wake Forest University Health Sciences in re-examination proceedings.
KCI Appoints Michael Genau to New Global Leadership Position That Directs Expansion of Current Wound Therapy Division
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today that Michael Genau has joined the Company in the newly formed position of Global President, Wound Therapy.