Sight Sciences Files Lawsuit Against Ivantis for Patent Infringement

Sight Sciences announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Delaware against Ivantis for infringement of U.S. Patents that describe and claim devices and methods for reducing intraocular pressure in the eye.

The patents are Numbers 8,287,482; 9,370,443; 9,486,361; and 10,314,742.

Sight Sciences’ complaint seeks an injunction to prevent the infringing manufacture, use and sale of the Hydrus Microstent, along with money damages for past infringement. “We filed this lawsuit to protect and defend our commercial, market and intellectual property leadership positions within the field of canalicular glaucoma surgery,” Paul Badawi, co-founder and CEO of Sight Sciences, and co-inventor of the patents-in-suit, said in a company news release.