Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit April 14, 2000, 99-1314, 99-1315 (Hill-Rom Company, Inc. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. And Kci Therapeutic Services, Inc., Defendants-Cross)

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BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

After a bench trial in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the district judge ruled that certain hospital beds manufactured by defendants Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and KCI Therapeutic Services, Inc., (collectively, KCI) do not infringe various claims of United States Patent No. 5,586,346 (the ’346 patent).