AGA Medical Corporation Files Suit Against W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Alleging Patent Infringement

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. (AGA Medical) (Nasdaq: AGAM) today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore). AGA Medical is alleging that Gore is infringing AGA Medical’s U.S. Patent No. 5,994,738 which covers certain transcatheter occlusion products for the treatment of structural heart defects. AGA Medical is seeking damages against Gore and a permanent injunction prohibiting them from manufacturing and selling the Gore HELEX Septal Occluder both in the United States and abroad.