NATICK, Mass., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that a U.S. District Court jury in Marshall, Texas has reached a verdict in a patent infringement suit brought against the Company by Medtronic. Medtronic alleged that certain Boston Scientific balloon catheters and stent delivery systems infringed four U.S. patents held by Medtronic. Boston Scientific claimed non-infringement, invalidity, unenforceability and other equitable relief. The District Court previously granted the Company's summary judgment motion on one of the patents and dismissed Medtronic's claim of willful infringement. The jury found that certain Boston Scientific balloon catheters and stent delivery systems infringe Medtronic's patents and that the patents are valid. The jury awarded damages of $250 million.

Boston Scientific has raised a number of defenses that were not considered by this jury but will be heard by the District Court on July 31. If those defenses are successful, the jury's verdict will be set aside.

If those defenses are not successful, the Company plans to seek to overturn the verdict in post-trial motions before the District Court and, if necessary, to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. The Company is confident it will prevail on appeal because it believes the jury verdict is unsupported by both the evidence and the law.

Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: http://www.bostonscientific.com/.

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  CONTACT:  Paul Donovan
            508-650-8541 (office)
            508-667-5165 (mobile)
            Media Relations
            Boston Scientific Corporation

            Larry Neumann
            508-650-8696 (office)
            Investor Relations
            Boston Scientific Corporation

SOURCE: Boston Scientific Corporation

CONTACT: Paul Donovan, Media Relations, +1-508-650-8541 (office), or
+1-508-667-5165 (mobile); or Larry Neumann, Investor Relations,
+1-508-650-8696, both of Boston Scientific Corporation

Web site: http://www.bostonscientific.com/