Surgical Instrument Service gets US antitrust case over EndoWrist revived
( August 13, 2026, 17:04 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Surgical Instrument Service presented sufficient evidence to allege US tying claims against Intuitive Surgical regarding replacement and repairs of its EndoWrist instrument, according to a federal court of appeals. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a judgment in Intuitive’s favor, concluding that Intuitive waived the argument that the evidence at trial was insufficient to establish that it possessed market power prior to SIS’s entry in the market in 2019, and that even if Intuitive had not waived the argument, the evidence at trial was sufficient for a reasonable jury to conclude that Intuitive possessed market power prior to 2019. The court also found that the evidence at trial was sufficient for a reasonable jury to find that Intuitive’s process for approving third-party products and services was illusory.See attached file. ...
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