The company submitted the infringement suit this week to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
NuVasive (NSDQ:NUVA) has filed a suit against Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NSDQ:ATEC) claiming the company hired on executives, including former COO and prez Pat Miles, with knowledge of its XLIF lateral interbody fusion procedures in an attempt to recreate the technology for its own products.
In its infringement suit, submitted this week to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego-based NuVasive claims it created the XLIF method for fusing vertebral disks to reduce nerve damage and that Alphatec’s recently released devices, the Battalion lateral system, infringe on their products.
NuVasive claims that Alphatec showed interest in being acquired by NuVasive as early as January 2016, but interest was not returned. T
