In April 2010, Aribex, Inc. announced a settlement of its patent infringement lawsuit filed against Sigma Biomedics, DentalAire Products International and DigiMed. The lawsuit, filed in October 2009, claimed defendants infringed Aribex’s patent for a hand-held X-ray device (US Patent No. 7,496,178, entitled “Portable x-ray device”).

Aribex claimed Sigma Biomedics’ and Dentalaire’s Bio-Ray Prox portable x-ray device infringed its patent. The Bio-Ray Prox was manufactured in Korea by DigiMed. Under the settlement agreement, defendants have discontinued the distribution of the Bio-Ray within the United States.

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“Aribex files patent infringement complaint against Bio-Ray Prox,” Aribex.com, October 30, 2009 (http://www.aribex.com/news/pr31.html); “Aribex settles patent infringement case,” Dentistryiq.com, April 2010 (http://www.dentistryiq.com/index/display/article-display/373683/articles/dental-economics/industry-news-2/2010/04/aribex-settles-patent-infringement-case.html).