Gerard von Hoffmann , JD

Partner


Palo Alto, CA

Gerard von Hoffmann is a partner in our Palo Alto and Orange County offices. He specializes in client practice in the medical device industry including offensive and defensive competitive strategies, infringement studies, financings, strategic transactions and patent prosecution. He also provides technical and strategic support for designing noninfringing alternatives. His technical experience involves a variety of cardiovascular interventions, including peripheral and coronary angioplasty, intracranial access and procedures, drug delivery, abdominal aortic aneurysm grafts, transluminal mitral annuloplasty, left atrial appendage occlusion devices, intravascular brachytherapy, rotational atherectomy, steerable angioplasty guidewires, and a variety of additional diagnostic and therapeutic devices and procedures. He has been involved in a variety of orthopedic device projects, including ultrasonic total hip revision devices, bone fracture fixation devices, and various fusion, mobility preservation, vertebroplasty and other devices and procedures relating to the spine.