Dr. Rick Sasso is a renowned spinal surgeon and inventor of technology used in spinal surgery. Sasso assigned certain intellectual property rights, including patents, to Medtronic and was promised royalties in return. Sasso was not receiving all the royalties that he thought were owed and sued Medtronic for breach of two contracts.
One of the contracts, the Screw Agreement, involved a new technique for spinal surgery that minimized incisions by using a tube to guide surgical implements and instruments.
One of the contracts, the Screw Agreement, involved a new technique for spinal surgery that minimized incisions by using a tube to guide surgical implements and instruments.