title: Your practice and infringement suits. Law affects patented medical procedures.
abstract: A 1996 law concerning patients on medical procedures is still causing change in health care. While the law was intended to exempt physicians from patent infringement during the practice of medicine, its final form contains ambiquities of medical group managers should remain aware.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Murdock
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States