A Medical Device Daily

DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware) said it reached settlement with Cardinal Health 200 (El Paso, Texas), a subsidiary of Cardinal Health (Dublin, Ohio), concerning litigation pending in Nashville, Tennessee. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

The settlement resolves contract-related litigation DuPont brought against Cardinal in 2003. The products involved are advanced non-woven fabrics used in surgical gowns and drapes in hospitals across the U.S.

Mediware Information Systems (Lenexa, Kansas) said it has filed suit in federal court against Korchek Technologies (Shelton, Connecticut) to protect the company’s intellectual property.

Mediware alleges that Korchek breached its contract under which it was authorized to provide certain services to Mediware’s customers, and that Korchek is “tortiously interfering with Mediware’s contractual relationships with its customers.” Mediware is seeking unspecified damages and injunctive relief.

“Mediware is committed to standing behind its customers in promoting patient safety and operational efficiency by safeguarding the integrity of Mediware’s proprietary information and FDA-regulated software products,” said John Damgaard, vice president and general manager, of Mediware’s Blood Management Division. “We will show that Korchek has breached its contractual commitments to Mediware and has improperly interfered with Mediware’s customer relationships.”

Mediware delivers software solutions that, it says, “encapsulate patient care instructions, reinforce patient safety practices and improve efficiencies to lower costs.” Mediware targets three primary areas of patient care: medication management, perioperative management and blood transfusion, inventory and donor practices.