Medical Devices

Medical devices product development and successful market entry demand a great amount of consideration of regulatory requirements as well as intellectual property clearance and protection, beginning with the initial concept and extending to the development of a commercial use strategy.

Professionals at Volpe and Koenig have the necessary diverse technical backgrounds to provide proper legal counsel for the various intellectual property issues that arise from the fluid nature of this environment. Acquiring and maintaining protection for medical device innovations and preserving and developing the client’s advantage in a highly competitive market are just a few of the goals Volpe Koenig has for its clients.

Our professionals have a wide breadth of experience representing clients that design, manufacture and market medical devices. Our medical device professionals hold science and advanced degrees in fields such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and chemical engineering. We provide counseling for a wide variety of technologies and have experience with a full range of intellectual property services in the medical device industry, including securing patent rights and enforcing and defending clients in patent and trade secret disputes.

Volpe Koenig medical device professionals have legal and industry experience in at least the following areas:

• Biocollectors
• Breast implants and expanders
• Cardiac catheters, mapping and ablation systems
• Dental and spinal implants and systems
• Glucose monitors and insulin pens
• Implantable electrodes and delivery devices
• Knee and hip implants
• Ocular surgical systems, tools, and implants
• Implantable and insertable sensors (fiber optic, magnetic, and ultrasound)
• Spinal stimulation therapy
• Spinal fixation systems and spinal fusion systems
• Stents and syringes
• Sterilization Equipment and Systems
• Surgical shavers and lasers