A U.S. District Court judge has allowed a lawsuit against Irvine-based device maker Endologix Inc. to go forward.
Bloomington, Ind.-based Cook Inc. sued Endologix last October for allegedly infringing on its patents.
Endologix, which makes devices to stop ballooning blood vessels, got the lawsuit put on hold in January after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a request to re-examine the patents.
The complaint names two patents covering endovascular stent grafts, which are devices used to repair arterial aneurysms.
Regulators issued a re-examination certificate for one of the patents, as well as a notice of intent to reissue one for the other patent, which led the court to rule that Cook’s case against Endologix was “now poised to move forward,” Cook said in a statement.
