Getinge’s subsidiary Maquet Cardiovascular receives adverse jury trial verdict in patent infringement dispute
A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has delivered a verdict in favor of Abiomed in a patent dispute between Maquet Cardiovascular and Abiomed.
The jury found that Abiomed has not infringed any Maquet patents relating to intravascular heart pump technology.
The patent infringement dispute concerned allegations of infringement in patents held by Maquet relating to intravascular heart pump technology used in cardiovascular care. The technology used in Abiomeds’ Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) was found not to infringe any of Maquets’ intravascular heart pump patents. Maquet is evaluating the case and considering its options.
The patent dispute between Maquet and Abiomed relating to intravascular heart pump technology is divided into two cases. The current verdict relates to one of these cases and does not affect the second, ongoing patent litigation between Maquet and Abiomed.
The verdict does not have any negative financial or operational impact on Getinge, it states.
Published: May 29, 2026
