Surgery Tool Maker Sues Rival Over Drill Guide Patent

Clearwater-based Orthopedic Development Corporation (ODC), the maker of the TruFUSE® spinal surgery system, has accused a rival of infringing both the patent and trade dress for a drill guide in one of the first patent design suits to be filed since the Federal Circuit handed down its standard-altering Egyptian Goddess ruling.
ODC lodged the suit, as [...]

The relationship between ENs and RNs

There is a long history of difficulty in the managing of role, titles and job practice between registered and second level nursing. A frequently raised example is the difficulty in managing the relationship between an experienced EN and a new graduate RN. The literature reviewed in Dixon (1996), notes that increased stress resulting from supervision [...]