Federal Jury Rules in Unanimous Favor of Epocal Inc. in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Raised by Abbott
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/04/12 — An Alabama federal jury has found against Abbott Point of Care Inc.-s allegations of patent infringement and contract interference related to the epoc® Blood Analysis System, a blood gas, electrolyte, and metabolite analyzer developed by rival company, Epocal Inc.Abbott owns three patents, commonly referred to as the gas patents, related to technology and analytical methods leveraged in Abbott-s i-STAT® System, a handheld blood analyzer us