To your "not even close" point... It would be very entertaining if Medtronic shows off a single port offering which is:
-Obviously inferior to SPORT/ENOS or ISRG SP
-Unwieldy in size in the limited-space OR environment
-Absurdly expensive
-Blatantly ripping off Titan or ISRG patents
I doubt they would tread on ISRG patents. ISRG has the money to fight it and win. Titan not only doesn't have the money, they don't have sales yet, so there would be no immediate financial losses, and therefore little basis for an infringement lawsuit until we get to the market. However...
When da Vinci first came to the marketplace, Computer Motion had some IP (for their Zeus system) which ISRG was clearly treading upon, so they sued ISRG... and before the case was settled, ISRG bought Computer Motion (legally, they merged...) and Computer Motion was granted 32% ownership of ISRG - 32% of ISRG is near $20B today with appreciation of ISRG stock!
So given how little IP Medtronic appears to have for single port, and the vast unlikelihood that they would want a legal battle with ISRG, there is a reasonable possibility that they could tread on some Titan IP and be forced to do something similar a couple years in the future. So for two more years of this prolonged agony of Titan stock ownership, the rewards could conceivably be beyond our wildest dreams!
Okay, daydream over... back to work for me!
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suckitup Thursday, 09/19/19 06:47:38 PM
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I FOR ONE WILL MISS SPORT'S 60 POSTS A DAY...NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DO NOT BELIEVE MEDTRONIC IS INVOLVED AT ALL WITH TITAN...THEY DO NOT EVEN SNIFF AROUND IF NOT FDA APPROVED.....I ALSO THINK THE PPS WILL REMAIN STABLE UNTIL THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NEWS.... TUESDAY WILL COME AND GO...MEDTRONIC WILL SHOW THE CARDS...NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT TITAN HAS TO OFFER...AND THE SAGA WILL CONTINUE....
