Materialise´s Simplant Set To Expand?

Materialise is sure making waves. First there was a recent lawsuit against Nobel, and just about a week ago the company announced that Dentsply acquired a forty percent interest in Materialise Dental N.V., in a cash transaction of 20 million euros. The deal also paves the way for Dentsply to possibly acquire all of Materialise over time.

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August 15, 2006 in Dental Implant News, Dental Implant Software | Permalink | Comments (5)

Materialise Sues Nobel Biocare

Any thoughts on the recently filed lawsuit by Materialise against Nobel? Materialise claims that the NobelGuide system infringes on a patent granted to Materialise back in the 90´s, a patent which formed the basis of Materialise´s dental drill guide system, SurgiGuide, introduced back in 1999.

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July 18, 2006 in Dental Implant News, Dental Implant Software | Permalink | Comments (13)