Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Patent Infringement Case Against Arthrex Proceeds to Oregon... -- ANDOVER, Mass., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

ANDOVER, Mass., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith & Nephew, Inc., Endoscopy Division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE: SNN) (London Stock Exchange: SN) announced today that the next phase of its patent infringement case against Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.) -- claiming that use of Arthrex's Bio-SutureTak, PEEK SutureTak and PushLock suture anchors infringe a U.S. patent owned by Dr. John O. Hayhurst and under exclusive license to Smith & Nephew Endoscopy -- will be heard this month in Oregon.