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U.S.: Preliminary Testing of Devices in Animals Enables Use in Humans

January 4, 2013
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded the claims of a patent directed to a medical device for implementation into humans were enabled by animal tests or in vitro data where human testing is inappropriate. 
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