New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has filed a lawsuit against GE HealthCare, claiming the company infringed its patents for imaging technology.
Memorial Sloan Kettering alleges that GE HealthCare’s “MotionFree” technology built into several of its PET/CT scanner systems was invented by Adam Kesner, PhD, a physicist at the cancer center, according to the complaint filed June 1 in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and viewed by Becker’s. The technology automatically corrects PET scan images for patient breathing movement — without any external hardware — by extracting the motion pattern directly from the scan data itself.
The cancer center claims it had previously notified the company that it appeared to be infringing its patents but that GE Healthcare continued selling the technology. Memorial Sloan Kettering is seeking damages, treble damages for willful infringement, and attorney fees.
Spokespersons for both Memorial Sloan Kettering and GE HealthCare told Becker’s they don’t comment on pending litigation.
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