In addition to rejecting Medtronic’s appeal, U.S. District Judge Edward Harrington set the date of an additional hearing for December 19. At the hearing, Judge Harrington plans to order Medtronic to stop selling its Vertex Screw systems, a type of spinal screw.

The verdict against Medtronic in the patent infringement lawsuit is the latest medical device setback the company has faced in recent months. In October, the company was forced to recall its Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead wires after admitting that it had received reports of dozens of cases of injuries with the lead wires.

According to statistics released by the company, the Sprint Fidelis leads are more than twice as likely to fracture as another type of lead wire it produces. Approximately one-third of the 1,600 patients who have experienced injuries or malfunctions with the device suffered painful, unnecessary shocks to the heart as a result of fractures in their Sprint Fidelis lead wires.