`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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`VASCULAR SOLUTIONS LLC,
`TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES
`LIMITED, ARROW
`INTERNATIONAL, INC., and
`TELEFLEX LLC
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`MEDTRONIC, INC., and
`MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`No. 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL
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`Jury Trial Demanded
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`PLAINTIFFS’ INFRINGEMENT DISCLOSURES AND CLAIM
`CHARTS
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`Pursuant to the Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order (Dkt. 229), Vascular Solutions
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`LLC, Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, Arrow International, Inc., and Teleflex LLC
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`(“Plaintiffs”) hereby serve the following disclosures and claims charts on Medtronic, Inc.
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`and Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (“Defendants”).
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`I.
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`INFRINGED CLAIMS
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`As set forth with additional detail in the claim charts attached hereto as Exhibits 1-
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`7 and in Plaintiffs’ First Amended and Supplemental Complaint (Dkt. 231) and Exhibits
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`thereto, Plaintiffs assert that Defendants infringe the patent claims listed below.
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`Defendants infringe all claims listed below literally under 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(a), (b), (c),
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`and/or (g), and further infringe certain claims identified below under the doctrine of
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`equivalents (DOE). As explained in more detail below, in the claim charts attached
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`hereto as Exhibits 1-7, and in Plaintiffs’ First Amended and Supplemental Complaint
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`(Dkt. 231) and Exhibits thereto, the accused products are Defendants’ Telescope Guide
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`Extension Catheter products, which come in what are called 6 French and 7 French size
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`versions (“6F” and “7F” respectively), and Defendants’ guide catheters that are offered
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`for sale, sold and/or used as a system with Defendants’ Telescope products, including at
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`least the Launcher Coronary Guide Catheters, the Sherpa NX Active Coronary Guide
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`Catheters, and the Sherpa NX Balanced Coronary Guide Catheters (hereinafter
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`“Defendants’ Guide Catheters”).
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`Patent
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`8,048,032
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`RE45,380
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`RE45,776
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`RE47,379
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`Infringed Claims
`Literal: 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18
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`Accused Products /
`Methods
`6F and 7F Telescope
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`DOE: 8
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`Literal: 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15,
`19, 20, 27
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`DOE: 8
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`Literal: 25, 27, 29, 36, 37,
`49, 52
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`DOE: 54
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`Literal: 54
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`DOE: 30, 32
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`Literal: 33, 39, 42, 44
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`DOE: 33
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`Literal: 34
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`DOE: 34
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`6F and 7F Telescope and
`Defendants’ Guide
`Catheters
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`6F and 7F Telescope
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`6F Telescope
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`7F Telescope
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`Method of forming 6F and
`7F Telescope
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`Method of forming 6F
`Telescope
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`RE45,760
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`8,142,413
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`RE46,116
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`Literal: 25, 28, 29, 32, 44,
`48, 53
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`6F Telescope and
`Defendants’ Guide
`Catheters
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`DOE: 25, 28, 29, 32, 44,
`48, 53
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`Literal: 4, 7
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`DOE: 4, 7, 13
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`6F and 7F Telescope and
`Defendants’ Guide
`Catheters
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`Method of using 6F and 7F
`Telescope
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`Literal: 46 (dependent on
`45)
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`Method of using 6F
`Telescope
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`DOE: 46 (dependent on 45) Method of using 6F and 7F
`Telescope
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`For the sake of judicial economy, Plaintiffs have endeavored to limit the number
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`of claims they have asserted against Defendants across the seven patents-in-suit.
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`However, the fact that Plaintiffs have not asserted certain claims is not an admission of
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`any kind that Defendants do not infringe other claims. Plaintiffs reserve the right to
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`assert additional patent claims as the case progresses, in accordance with the Federal
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`Rules and Orders of the Court.
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`II.
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`INFRINGING PRODUCTS
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`As explained in more detail in the claim charts attached hereto as Exhibits 1-7, and
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`in Plaintiffs’ First Amended and Supplemental Complaint (Dkt. 231) and Exhibits
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`thereto, the accused products are Defendants’ 6F and 7F Telescope Guide Extension
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`Catheter products, and Defendants’ Guide Catheters.
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`An example of one of Defendants’ infringing Telescope products is shown below.
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`III. CLAIM CHARTS
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`Attached hereto as Exhibits 1-7 are claim charts for each of the seven patents-in-
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`suit that show where each claim element of each asserted claim is found in the accused
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`products and/or methods, including a basis for each contention that the element is
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`present. The attached claim charts are exemplary. Plaintiffs base the attached claim
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`charts on information presently known and accessible through reasonable diligence, as
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`well as on information and belief. Plaintiffs reserve the right to modify or revise these
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`charts to assert additional claims and/or additional theories, including without limitation
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`additional assertions of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, based on
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`information learned during this case, including through further discovery and the Court’s
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`claim construction order.
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`As set forth in the attached claim charts, Defendants’ Telescope Guide Extension
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`Catheter products and Defendants’ Guide Catheters used with Defendants’ Telescope
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`Guide Extension Catheter products directly and indirectly infringe at least the identified
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`claims of the asserted patents.
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`A.
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`Direct Infringement
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`1. Product Claims
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`Defendants have directly infringed and continue to infringe one or more of the
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`identified claims of the ‘032 and ‘776 patents by making, using, offering to sell, selling,
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`and/or importing (directly or through intermediaries), in and into the United States
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`Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products.
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`2. System Claims
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`Defendants have directly infringed and continue to infringe one or more of the
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`identified claims of the ‘380 and ‘760 patents by making, using, offering to sell, selling,
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`and/or importing (directly or through intermediaries), in and into the United States, a
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`system made up of guide extension catheters, namely Telescope Guide Extension
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`Catheter products and Defendants’ Guide Catheters.
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`3. Method Claims
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`Defendants have directly infringed and continue to infringe one or more of the
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`identified claims of the ‘379 patent by importing into the United States and/or offering to
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`sell, selling, or using (directly or through intermediaries), in the United States, guide
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`extension catheters, namely Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products that are made
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`by a process patented in the United States.
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`B.
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`Indirect Infringement
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`1. Product Claims
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`Defendants have induced and continue to induce infringement in the United States
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`of one or more of the identified claims of the ‘032 and ‘776 patents, by, among other
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`things, actively and successfully encouraging, instructing, enabling, and otherwise
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`causing end users and/or customers to use its Telescope Guide Extension Catheter
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`products in a manner that infringes the ‘032 and ‘776 patents. For example, Medtronic’s
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`Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter in
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`conjunction with a traditional guide catheter to perform interventional cardiology
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`procedures. E.g., Ex. B at 4 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to act as an
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`extension to a traditional guide catheter and to facilitate the delivery of interventional
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`devices into the vasculature. The guide extension catheter is intended to be used within
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`the coronary and/or peripheral vasculature to provide support.”). Medtronic’s
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`Instructions for Use, FDA submission, and marketing materials indicate that Telescope is
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`specifically designed to be used with a guide catheter and require that the Telescope
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`catheter be used along with a guide catheter and hemostatic valve. E.g., Ex. A at 11, 39
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`(“Required GC I.D. (in.) . . .”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide extension catheter is
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`intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The guide extension
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`catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”), 5 (“Other
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`items that are required but not provided in the package: Guide catheter . . . Y-adaptor
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`with hemostasis valve”); Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to act as
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`an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“TelescopeTM Guide Extension
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`Catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”). End users
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`and/or customers have used the Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products in a
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`manner that infringes one or more claims of the ‘032 and ‘776 patents. At least as early
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`as February 22, 2019, Defendants had knowledge of the ‘032 and ‘776 patents.
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`Defendants did not develop the Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products on their
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`own, but instead copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner catheter. Defendants have and continue to
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`specifically intend that end users and/or customers use the Telescope Guide Extension
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`Catheter products in a manner that infringes the ‘032 and ‘776 patents by, at a minimum,
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`providing instructions to end users and/or customers on how to use the Telescope Guide
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`Extension products, and Defendants knew and know that their actions would induce, have
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`induced, and will continue to induce infringement by end users and/or customers.
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`If a guide catheter is deemed to be an element of the claims of the ‘032 and ‘776
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`patents (which Plaintiffs do not believe it is), then Defendants have contributed to and
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`continue to contribute to the infringement of one or more claims of the ‘032 and ‘776
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`patents by importing into the United States (directly or through intermediaries) and/or
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`offering to sell and selling (directly or through intermediaries), to end users and/or
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`customers, in the United States, a Telescope Guide Extension Catheter, a product that
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`constitutes a component of a combination or system covered by the ‘032 and ‘776
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`patents. Defendants know their products are especially made or especially adapted for
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`use in an infringement and that there is no substantial noninfringing use for a Telescope
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`catheter without a guide catheter and/or a hemostatic valve. E.g., Ex. A at 11, 39 (“I.D.
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`(in.)…0.056”…“Required GC I.D. (in.)…6F ≥ 0.070”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide
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`extension catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The
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`guide extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter .
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`. . .”) (“The guide extension catheter is offered in sizes compatible with 6 Fr and 7 Fr
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`guide catheters….”) (“The guide extension catheter is delivered through a guide catheter
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`resulting in an overall inner diameter that is approximately 1 Fr smaller than the guide
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`catheter.”), 5 (“Other items that are required but not provided in the package: Guide
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`catheter . . . Y-adaptor with hemostasis valve”); Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension
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`catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”)
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`(“TelescopeTM Guide Extension Catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with
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`guide catheters . . . .”). The Telescope catheter constitutes a material part of the
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`invention, and end users and/or customers have used the Telescope catheter as part of a
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`combination or system that infringes one or more claims of the ‘032 and ‘776
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`patents. Defendants did not develop the Telescope catheter on their own, but instead
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`copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner catheter.
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`2. System Claims
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`Defendants have induced and continue to induce infringement in the United States
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`of one or more of the identified claims of the ‘380 and ‘760 patents, by, among other
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`things, actively and successfully encouraging, instructing, enabling, and otherwise
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`causing end users and/or customers to use its Telescope Guide Extension Catheter
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`products along with Defendants’ Guide Catheters and/or third-party guide catheters, and
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`a hemostatic valve as a system which infringes the ‘380 and ‘760 patents. For example,
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`Medtronic’s Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope
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`catheter along with a guide catheter and hemostatic valve to perform interventional
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`cardiology procedures. E.g., Ex. B at 4 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to act
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`as an extension to a traditional guide catheter and to facilitate the delivery of
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`interventional devices into the vasculature. The guide extension catheter is intended to be
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`used within the coronary and/or peripheral vasculature to provide support.”) (“Open the
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`hemostasis valve and advance the guide extension catheter through the hemostasis valve
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`and into the guide catheter.”). Medtronic’s Instructions for Use, FDA submission, and
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`marketing materials indicate that Telescope is specifically designed to be used with a
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`guide catheter where Telescope has a lumen having a uniform cross-sectional inner
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`diameter that is not more than one French size smaller than the cross-sectional inner
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`diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter, and require that the Telescope catheter be
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`used along with a guide catheter and hemostatic valve. E.g., Ex. A at 11, 39 (“I.D.
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`(in.)…0.056”…“Required GC I.D. (in.)…6F ≥ 0.070”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide
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`extension catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The
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`guide extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter .
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`. . .”) (“The guide extension catheter is offered in sizes compatible with 6 Fr and 7 Fr
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`guide catheters….”) (“The guide extension catheter is delivered through a guide catheter
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`resulting in an overall inner diameter that is approximately 1 Fr smaller than the guide
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`catheter.”), 5 (“Other items that are required but not provided in the package: Guide
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`catheter . . . Y-adaptor with hemostasis valve”); Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension catheter
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`is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“TelescopeTM
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`Guide Extension Catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . .
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`.”). End users and/or customers have used the Telescope catheter as part of a system that
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`infringes one or more claims of the ‘380 and ‘760 patents. At least as early as February
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`22, 2019, Defendants had knowledge of the ‘380 and ‘760 patents. Defendants did not
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`develop the Telescope catheter on their own, but instead copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner
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`catheter. Defendants have and continue to specifically intend that end users and/or
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`customers use the Telescope Guide Extension products (along with Defendants’ Guide
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`Catheters and/or third-party guide catheters, and a hemostatic valve) as a system which
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`infringes the ‘380 and ‘760 patents by, at a minimum, providing instructions to end users
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`and/or customers on how to use the Telescope Guide Extension products, and Defendants
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`knew and know that their actions would induce, have induced, and will continue to
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`induce infringement by end users and/or customers.
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`Defendants have contributed to and continue to contribute to the infringement of
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`one or more claims of the ‘380 and ‘760 patents by importing into the United States
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`(directly or through intermediaries) and/or offering to sell and selling (directly or through
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`intermediaries), to end users and/or customers, in the United States, a Telescope Guide
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`Extension Catheter, a product that constitutes a component of a combination or system
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`covered by the ‘380 and/or ‘760 patents. Defendants know their products are especially
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`made or especially adapted for use in an infringement and that there is no substantial
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`noninfringing use for a Telescope catheter without a guide catheter where Telescope has
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`a lumen having a uniform cross-sectional inner diameter that is not more than one French
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`size smaller than the cross-sectional inner diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter,
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`and a hemostatic valve. E.g., Ex. A at 11, 39 (“I.D. (in.)…0.056”…“Required GC I.D.
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`(in.)…6F ≥ 0.070”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide extension catheter is intended to be
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`used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The guide extension catheter is
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`designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“The guide
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`extension catheter is offered in sizes compatible with 6 Fr and 7 Fr guide catheters….”)
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`(“The guide extension catheter is delivered through a guide catheter resulting in an
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`overall inner diameter that is approximately 1 Fr smaller than the guide catheter.”), 5
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`(“Other items that are required but not provided in the package: Guide catheter . . . Y-
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`adaptor with hemostasis valve”); Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to
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`act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“TelescopeTM Guide Extension
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`Catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”). The Telescope
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`catheter constitutes a material part of the invention, and end users and/or customers have
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`used the Telescope catheter as part of a system that infringes one or more claims of the
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`‘380 and ‘760 patents. Defendants did not develop the Telescope catheter on their own,
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`but instead copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner catheter.
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`3. Method Claims
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`Defendants have induced and continue to induce infringement in the United States
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`of one or more claims of the ’379 patent, by, among other things, actively and
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`successfully encouraging, instructing, enabling, and otherwise causing end users and/or
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`customers to use its Telescope catheter in a manner that infringes the ’379 patent. For
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`example, Medtronic’s Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the
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`Telescope catheter to perform interventional cardiology procedures. E.g., Ex. B at 4
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`(“The guide extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide
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`catheter and to facilitate the delivery of interventional devices into the vasculature. The
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`guide extension catheter is intended to be used within the coronary and/or peripheral
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`vasculature to provide support.”). Medtronic’s Instructions for Use, FDA submission,
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`and marketing materials indicate that Telescope is specifically designed to be used with a
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`guide catheter and require that the Telescope catheter be used along with a guide catheter.
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`E.g., Ex. A at 39 (“Required GC I.D. (in.) . . .”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide extension
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`catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The guide
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`extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”),
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`5 (“Other items that are required but not provided in the package: Guide catheter . . . .”);
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`Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a
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`traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“TelescopeTM Guide Extension Catheter is intended to
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`be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”). At least as of the date of the filing of
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`the original complaint in this action, July 2, 2019, Defendants had knowledge of the ’379
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`patent. End users and/or customers have used the Telescope catheter in a manner that
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`infringes one or more claims of the ’379 patent. Defendants did not develop the
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`Telescope catheter on their own, but instead copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner catheter.
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`Defendants have and continue to specifically intend that end users and/or customers use
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`the Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products in a way that infringes the ‘379 patent
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`by, at a minimum, providing instructions to its end users and/or customers on how to use
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`the Telescope Guide Extension products, and Defendants knew and know that their
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`actions would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce infringement by end
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`users and/or customers.
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`Defendants have also induced and continue to induce infringement in the United
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`States of one or more claims of the ’413 patent, by, among other things, actively and
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`successfully encouraging, instructing, enabling, and otherwise causing end users and/or
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`customers to use its Telescope catheters along with Defendants’ Guide Catheters and/or
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`third-party guide catheters, a guidewire, a hemostasis valve, and an interventional
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`cardiology device as part of a method that infringes the ’413 patent. For example, as
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`shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and
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`Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter for
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`providing backup support, including resisting axial and shear forces, for an interventional
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`cardiology device in the coronary vasculature and to use it with a guidewire and a guide
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`catheter having a continuous lumen extending for a predefined length from a proximal
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`end at a hemostatic valve to a distal end adapted to be placed in a branch artery. As
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`shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and
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`Instructions for Use also instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter
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`with a guide catheter having a lumen and a distal end that is advanced over a guidewire
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`and through a first artery so that the distal end of the guide catheter is positioned in a
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`branch artery off from the first artery. As shown in the attached claim charts,
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`Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end users
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`and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that a flexible tip portion defining a
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`tubular structure of Telescope having a circular cross-section and a length that is shorter
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`than a continuous lumen of a guiding catheter with which it is used is advanced into the
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`continuous lumen of the guiding catheter. As shown in the attached claim charts,
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`Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end users
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`and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that a substantially rigid portion of
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`Telescope that is proximal of and operably connected to a flexible tip portion defining a
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`tubular structure, more rigid along a longitudinal axis than the flexible tip portion, and
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`defining a rail structure without a lumen, is inserted into the continuous lumen of the
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`guiding catheter. As shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope
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`marketing materials and Instructions for Use indicate that Telescope is specifically
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`designed so that the combined length of Telescope’s substantially rigid portion and the
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`flexible tip portion is greater than the length of the continuous lumen of the guide
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`catheter. As shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope Instructions for
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`Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that a distal
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`portion of the flexible tip portion of Telescope is advanced beyond the distal end of the
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`guide catheter and into the second artery such that the distal portion extends into a second
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`artery and such that at least a portion of the proximal portion of the substantially rigid
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`portion extends proximally through the hemostatic valve. As shown in the attached claim
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`charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end
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`users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that interventional cardiology
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`devices are inserted into and through the continuous lumen of the guide catheter
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`alongside the substantially rigid portion of Telescope and advanced through and beyond
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`the lumen of the flexible tip portion into contact with or past a lesion in a second artery.
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`As shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials
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`instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that the substantially
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`rigid portion of Telescope comprises a cylindrical portion and a partially cylindrical
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`portion defining an opening along a side thereof. As shown in the attached claim charts,
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`Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end users
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`and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that a distal portion of the tubular
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`structure of Telescope is extended beyond the distal end of the standard guide catheter
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`with which it is used while a proximal portion of Telescope remains within the lumen of
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`the standard guide catheter, such that Telescope assists in resisting axial and shear forces
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`exerted when an interventional cardiology device is passed through and beyond the
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`coaxial lumen that would otherwise tend to dislodge the standard catheter from the
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`branch artery. End users and/or customers have used the Telescope catheter as part of a
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`method that infringes one or more claims of the ʼ413 patent. As shown in the attached
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`claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct
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`end users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter so that the cross-sectional inner
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`diameter of the coaxial lumen of the tubular structure is not more than approximately one
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`French smaller than the cross-sectional inner diameter of the guide catheter. At least as
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`early as February 22, 2019, Defendants had knowledge of the ʼ413 patent. Defendants
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`did not develop the Telescope catheter on their own, but instead copied Plaintiffs’
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`GuideLiner catheter. Defendants have and continue to specifically intend that end users
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`and/or customers use the Telescope Guide Extension product along with Defendants’
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`Guide Catheters and/or third-party guide catheters, a guidewire, a hemostasis valve, and
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`an interventional cardiology device in a way that infringes the ‘413 patent by, at a
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`minimum, providing instructions to its end users and/or customers on how to use the
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`Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products, and Defendants knew and know that their
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`actions would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce infringement by end
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`users and/or customers.
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`Defendants have also induced and continue to induce infringement in the United
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`States of one or more claims of the ’116 patent, by, among other things, actively and
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`successfully encouraging, instructing, enabling, and otherwise causing end users and/or
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`customers to use its Telescope catheters along with Defendants’ Guide Catheters and/or
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`third-party guide catheters, a hemostasis valve, and a stent or balloon catheter as part of a
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`method that infringes the ’116 patent. For example, as shown in the attached claim
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`charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end
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`users and/or customers to use the Telescope catheter with a guiding catheter having a
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`lumen, a distal end of which is advanced through a main blood vessel to an ostium of a
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`coronary artery. As shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope
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`marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use
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`the Telescope catheter so that a distal end of a tubular structure of Telescope is advanced
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`through and beyond the distal end of the guide catheter while a segment defining a side
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`opening, which extends for a distance along a longitudinal axis and is accessible from a
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`longitudinal side defined transverse to the longitudinal axis to receive interventional
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`cardiology devices when positioned within the lumen of the guiding catheter, remains
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`within the lumen of the guide catheter. As shown in the attached claim charts,
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`Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use indicate that
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`Telescope is specifically designed so that that the tubular structure of Telescope has a
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`cross-sectional inner diameter that is not more than one French size smaller than a cross-
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`sectional inner diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter with which it is used. As
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`shown in the attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and
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`Instructions for Use instruct end users and/or customers to use the Telescope so that
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`while maintaining a position of the distal end of Telescope beyond the distal end of the
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`guiding catheter, a balloon catheter or stent is advanced at least partially through the
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`guiding catheter and Telescope and into the coronary artery. As shown in the attached
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`claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials and Instructions for Use instruct
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`end users and/or customers to use the Telescope so that the balloon catheter or stent is
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`advanced through a hemostatic valve associated with a proximal end of the guiding
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`catheter, along a substantially rigid segment of Telescope, through the side opening of
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`Telescope, and through the tubular structure of Telescope. As shown in the attached
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`claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials indicate that Telescope is
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`specifically designed so that the substantially rigid portion is rigid enough to allow the
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`device to be advanced within the guide catheter. As shown in the attached claim charts,
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`Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials instruct end users and/or customers to use the
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`Telescope so that advancing the balloon catheter or stent at least partially through the side
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`opening of Telescope includes advancing the balloon catheter or stent through a side-
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`opening structure in Telescope having at least two inclined slopes. As shown in the
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`attached claim charts, Medtronic’s Telescope marketing materials indicate that Telescope
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`is specifically designed so that the opening, which is formed from a “rigid” polymer
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`while the tube is formed from a “flexible” polymer, is more rigid than a material or
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`material combination forming the tubular structure. End users and/or customers have
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`used the Telescope catheter as part of a method that infringes one or more claims of the
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`ʼ116 patent. At least as early as February 22, 2019, Defendants had knowledge of the
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`ʼ116 patent. Defendants did not develop the Telescope catheter on their own, but instead
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`copied Plaintiffs’ GuideLiner catheter. Defendants have and continue to specifically
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`intend that end users and/or customers use the Telescope Guide Extension Catheter
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`products along with Defendants’ Guide Catheters and/or third-party guide catheters, a
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`hemostasis valve, and a stent or balloon catheter in a way that infringes the ‘116 patent
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`by, at a minimum, providing instructions to its end users and/or customers on how to use
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`the Telescope Guide Extension Catheter products, and Defendants knew and know that
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`their actions would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce infringement by
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`end users and/or customers.
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`Defendants have contributed to and continue to contribute to the infringement of
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`one or more claims of the ’379 patent by importing into the United States (directly or
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`through intermediaries) and/or offering to sell and selling (directly or through
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`intermediaries), to end users and/or customers, in the United States, its Telescope
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`catheter, a product that constitutes a component of a patented machine, manufacture,
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`combination or composition covered by the ‘379 patent. Defendants know their products
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`are especially made or especially adapted for use in an infringement and that there is no
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`substantial noninfringing use for a Telescope catheter without a guide catheter. E.g., Ex.
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`A at 39 (“I.D. (in.)…0.056”…“Required GC I.D. (in.)…6F ≥ 0.070”, “I.D.
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`(in.)…0.062”…“Required GC I.D. (in.)…7F ≥ 0.078”); Ex. B at 4 (“Telescope guide
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`extension catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”) (“The
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`guide extension catheter is designed to act as an extension to a traditional guide catheter .
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`. . .”) (“The guide extension catheter is offered in sizes compatible with 6 Fr and 7 Fr
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`guide catheters . . . .”) (“The guide extension catheter is delivered through a guide
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`catheter resulting in an overall inner diameter that is approximately 1 Fr smaller than the
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`guide catheter.”), 5 (“Other items that are required but not provided in the package:
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`Guide catheter . . . .”); Ex. E at 5 (“The guide extension catheter is designed to act as an
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`extension to a traditional guide catheter . . . .”) (“TelescopeTM Guide Extension Catheter
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`is intended to be used in conjunction with guide catheters . . . .”). The Telescope catheter
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`constitutes a material part of the invention, and end users and/or customers have used the
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`Telescope catheter, along with a guide catheter and/or one of Defen