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1 Technology Insight Report Coronary Stents Cardiology has come a long way over the decades with huge advances having been made in areas such as invasive surgery and interventional cardiology. As a result cardiac patients have had the option of undergoing preventive measures against what could otherwise result in serious complications with angioplasty. In this sphere of invasive surgery, the Coronary Stent has been one of the most significant innovations. Little over 20 years on and advances in the coronary stent in terms of material research and coatings still continues. The patent filings related to innovations around the coronary stent can reveal some great insights into this breakthrough in medicine. Disclaimer: This report should not be construed as business advice and the insights are not to be used as basis for investment or business decision of any kind without your own research and validation. Gridlogics Technologies Pvt. Ltd. disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied or statutory, of reliability, accuracy or completeness of results, with regards to the information contained in this report.
2 Overview Introduction to the Coronary Stent A stent is a wire metal mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty. The stent is collapsed to a small diameter and put over a balloon catheter. It's then moved into the area of the blockage. When the balloon is inflated, the stent expands, locks in place and forms a scaffold. This holds the artery open. The stent stays in the artery permanently, holds it open, improves blood flow to the heart muscle and relieves symptoms (usually chest pain). Within a few weeks of the time the stent was placed, the inside lining of the artery (the endothelium) grows over the metal surface of the stent. Stents are used depending on certain features of the artery blockage. This includes the size of the artery and where the blockage is. Stenting is a fairly common procedure; in fact, over 70 percent of coronary angioplasty procedures also include stenting. Source: A Brief History From the time of the initial percutaneous balloon angioplasty, it was theorized that devices could be placed inside the arteries as scaffolds to keep them open after a successful balloon angioplasty. This did not become a reality in the cardiac realm until the first intracoronary stents were successfully deployed in coronary arteries in The first stents used were self expanding Wallstents. The use of intracoronary stents was quickly identified as a method to treat some complications due to PTCA, and their use can decrease the incidence of emergency bypass surgery for acute complications post balloon angioplasty. It was quickly realized that restenosis rates were significantly lower in individuals who received an intracoronary stent when compared to those who underwent just balloon angioplasty. A damper on the immediate use of intracoronary stents was subacute thrombosis. Subacute thrombosis rates with intracoronary stents proved to be about 3.7 percent, higher than the rates seen after balloon angioplasty. Post procedure bleeding was also an issue, due to the intense combination of anticoagulation and anti platelet agents used to prevent stent thrombosis. Stent technology improved rapidly, and in 1989 the Palmaz Schatz balloon expandable intracoronary stent was developed. Initial results with the Palmaz Schatz stents were excellent when compared to balloon angioplasty, with a significantly lower incidence of abrupt closure and peri procedure heart attack. Late restenosis rates with Angioplasty Procedure Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), usually simply called angioplasty, involves opening the blocked artery. A typical angioplasty procedure follows the following steps: The surgeon threads a narrow catheter (a tube) containing a fiber optic camera directly to the blocked vessel. The physician opens the blocked vessel using balloon angioplasty, in which the surgeon passes a tiny deflated balloon through the catheter to the vessel. The balloon is inflated to compress the plaque against the walls of the artery, flattening it out so that blood can once again flow through the blood vessel freely. In order to keep the artery open afterwards, surgeons now most often employ a device called a coronary stent, which is an expandable metal mesh tube that is implanted during angioplasty at the site of the blockage. (A stent may be used as the initial opening device, in some cases, instead of balloon angioplasty. It is not yet clear if this approach is significantly more beneficial than PTCA plus optional stenting.)
3 Palmaz Schatz stents were also significantly improved when compared with balloon angioplasty. However, mortality rates were unchanged compared to balloon angioplasty. While the rates of subacute thrombosis and bleeding complications associated with stent placement were high, by 1999 nearly 85% of all PCI procedures included intracoronary stenting. In recognition of the focused training required by cardiologists to perform percutaneous coronary interventions and the rapid progression in the field of percutaneous coronary interventions, specialized fellowship training in the field of Interventional Cardiology was instituted in Source: Once in place, the stent pushes against the wall of the artery to keep it open. Complications occur in about 10% of patients (about 80% within the first day). In one report of 53 European and Canadian medical centers, the mortality rate from all causes four years after PTCA was 4.1% Outcomes are better in hospital settings with experienced teams and backup. Source: 003_9.htm ge Source: Ima
4 Coronary Stents Patent Landscape Overview Patent filings around the coronary stent hold great insights into the innovation, research and development within the space. With the help of Patent insight Pro, we will analyze the full coronary stent patent data to find answers to the following: What has been the IP publication trend for Coronary Stents development in general? Who are the top assignees or key players in coronary stent research and development? Which assignees hold the maximum inventions across different application areas of coronary stents? How is the Assignee portfolio spread across different material types? How is the innovation frequency across different stent materials? What materials are being used for stents and how do they compare across key application areas in the body? Which assignees hold the strongest patent portfolios for coatings for stents? Who are the prolific innovators in stent technology and how do their focus areas compare with each other? How are the records of top 5 assignees related based on their cross citation relationships? In order to analyze the stent records more effectively we classified all the records along three lines: Innovations on Application Areas of the stent in human body, Innovations on Materials used, and Innovations on Coatings used for stents. To get a more accurate and all round perspective on these the patent sets have been classified into these three categories.
5 Classifications by Application Areas Arterial re stenosis or re thrombosis Arteries in Abdomen Arteries in Chest Arteries in Kidney Arteries in Thigh Carotid Artery Stents Treatment of Atherosclerosis Treatment of Cancer Classifications by Material Type A. Metal Stents Bare Metal Stainless Steel Bare Metal Cobalt Chromium Alloy Bare Metal Magnesium Alloys Bare Metal Pure Iron Bare Metal Nickel Titanium Alloys Bare Metal Platinum Iridium Bare Metal Tantalum Bare Metal Titanium Bio Degradable Metal Stents Drug Coated/Eluting Stent Current drug eluting stents have three components: i) The bare metal backbone, which serves as the mechanical scaffold this element affects deliverability, access to side branch and surface area over which the drug is delivered. ii) A polymer or combination of polymers this is a critical component. It varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Concerns have been expressed over the eventual degradation of the polymer and whether that will lead to inflammation. The specific polymer affects distribution kinetics of drug delivery. iii) The specific drug at the present time, there are two approved drugs Sirolimus and paclitaxel. The release kinetics depends upon the specific drug chosen and the polymer. Both fast and slow release formulations have been tested. Multiple other drugs and drugs classes are being tested.
6 B. Non Metal Stents Bio absorbable Non Polymer Stents Bio absorbable Polymer Stents Bio degradable Non Polymer Stents Bio degradable Polymer Stents Fabric or stent grafts. C. Others Co polymers Silicone D. Hybrid (metal & non metal) Biocompatible materials may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Biocompatible material may comprise metallic and nonmetallic materials in hybrid structures. In one such structure, a device may be fabricated with one or more elements having an inner metallic core that is not degradable with an outer shell formed from a polymeric material that is biodegradable. Additionally, therapeutic agents may be incorporated into the microstructure or the bulk material. Composite material stent comprising a metallic wire and a biodegradable fiber (hybrid stent) Source: 3&db=all Classifications by Coatings Endothelial Cells The endothelium is the thin layer of cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. Inorganic Carbon Inorganic Gold Inorganic Iridium Oxide Inorganic Silicon Carbide Porous Material
7 The Search Strategy The first step is to create and define a patent set that will serve as the basis of our analysis. Using the commercial patent database, PatBase as our data source, we used the following search query to create our patent set: ((coronary or (drug w/2 eluting~) or artery)) AND TAC=stent* AND (IC= (A61F2/82 or A61F2/84 or A61F2/86 or A61F2/88 or A61F2/90 or A61F2/92 or A61F2/94)) The query resulted in 4100 unique families and a record set with one publication per family was then prepared in which US, EP granted patents were preferred for being representative members of their respective families. Class Description: A61f2/82: Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body A61F2/84: Instruments specially adapted for their placement or removal. A61F2/86: Stents formed from wire like elements. A61F2/88: Formed as helical or spiral coils (nets formed from intersecting coils. A61F2/90: The wire like elements forming a net structure. A61F2/92: Stents in the form of a rolled up sheet expanding after insertion into the vessel. A61F2/94: Stents retaining their form after locating in the predetermined place.
8 IP Activity or Publication Trend What has been the IP publication trend for Coronary Stents development in general? When considering coronary stent patents as a whole, there is a clear upward trend in IP publication appears to be the year when research around the coronary stent really picked up momentum with about 100 records and climbed from there over the next 13 years to over 400 records in From the publication trend it appears the late 80 s and early 90 s had some activity in this field but real pursuit for building IP around the coronary stent happened only more recently in the last decade and has been quite consistent since would mark the peak publication mark in the trend with around 500 records for the year and a slight dip follow in the next years. Going by the current trend for 2010, it seems IP activity around coronary stents is still going strong. How we did it? Once the patents were populated in Patent insight Pro, the publication trend chart was generated on a single click using the dashboard tool. Note: For the purpose of this IP publication trend, the classification of the records into the 3 areas for coronary stents was removed so the trend displays IP activity for all filings for coronary stents in general.
9 Top Assignee Trends Who have been the top assignees or the key players in Coronary Stents? Considering cumulative patent filing trends Boston Scientific has the most remarkable figures for IP publications for coronary stents (that may also perhaps result from their acquisitive strategy in the space See Assignee Normalization in Appendix A). Abbott Labs, Johnson & Johnson with Medtronic Inc make up the next ranks in terms of IP publications. While all these four companies have made consistent advances in growing their IP portfolio with coronary stent patents, Boston Scientific appears to have made the biggest leaps from 2000 onwards with over 660 records crossed for Also, see full Assignee count table in following excel sheet: Full Assignee table count How we did it? Once the patents were populated in Patent insight Pro, the assignee clean up tools were used To locate assignees for unassigned records, To clean up records having multiple assignees. To locate the correct assignee names for US records using the US assignments database. To normalize the assignee names and merge assignees that resulted from a merger or acquisition or name change. Please refer Appendix A for more details on Assignee Normalisation.
10 Family Coverage of companies Here we look analyze patent families to make a judgment of filings across various patent offices.
11 The report also gives an overview of the filing trends of the key assignees in these countries and the total number of forward citations received by each Assignee s portfolio. How we did it? A coverage analysis of the selected patent portfolio was done by using Company 360 Report tool in Patent insight Pro. The coverage analysis included all family members of 4100 patents.
12 Assignees vs Application Areas Which assignees hold the maximum inventions across different application areas of coronary stents?
13 Abbott Labs dominate patent holdings for Arterial Restenosis or Rethrombosis with 90 out of 230 patent records classified under this application area with Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic Inc and Boston Scientific following with 49, 39 and 30 records respectively. For stents related to Arteries in Chest, Boston Scientific heads the assignees with 117 out of a total 359 patents How we did it? First the various application areas of coronary stents were identified by manual research. Then by using a combination of semantic analysis tools such as the clustering tools and searching tools available in Patent insight Pro, patents were categorized under the different application areas. Finally a co occurrence matrix was generated to map the application areas with the assignees to identify which assignees hold the strongest portfolios in which application areas.
14 Assignees vs. Material Types How is the Assignee portfolio spread across different material types?
15 In the above matrix leading patent holdings within each category of material type have been highlighted with stronger shades of green for larger number of patents within that category. Boston Scientific has a significant number of patents for Hybrid, Bio Degradable Metal and Fabric stents with a majority of the total patents for each of these material types. Abbott Labs have an edge when it comes to co polymer based stents, stainless steel and nickel titanium alloy stents while Johnson & Johnson dominate the assignees chart when it comes to Drug Coated / Eluting Stents with 96 out of a total 440 patents for this category. Looking purely at the total patents for each type of material irrespective of the assignees, the material with maximum filings is co polymers with 691 records. How we did it? First the various material types used in coronary stents were identified by manual research. Then by using a combination of semantic analysis tools such as the clustering tools and searching tools available in Patent insight Pro, patents were categorized under the different material types. Finally a co occurrence matrix was generated to map the material types with the assignees to identify which assignees hold the strongest portfolios in which material types.
16 Materials Innovation Timeline How has the innovation frequency varied across various materials used in coronary stents? With the dots representing patent publications / filings and the green lines indicating the timelines between the earliest and latest filings across each material type, one can look into the relevance of each material type with respect to time. Bare metal Tantalum stents appear to be one of the earliest materials adopted and one that innovators pursued the longest right till present dat. Though there are long gaps in the timeline from the early days, the recent years have continued to see a lot of IP activity. Similarly, Bio Absorbable Polymer Stents has visibly had a shorter timeline with no new patents for this material type since Co polymer stents however have received a lot of attention in the last decade and appear to be the material most assignees are focusing on for the future. How we did it? First the various material types used in coronary stents were identified by manual research. Then by using a combination of semantic analysis tools such as the clustering tools and searching tools available in Patent insight Pro, patents were categorized under the different material types. The innovation time chart was then generated using the Patent insight Pro dashboard.
17 Key Application areas for different Stent Materials What materials are being used for stents and how do they compare across key application areas in the body?
18 Material research is often largely dependent on the application area for which the stent is designed for. Stents being developed for the treatment of cancer would have different requirements in terms of the best material choices as compared to arterial rethrombosis. By comparison of the patent publications across different application areas for each material type, the matrix and chart can provide an insight into the material choices innovators are leaning towards for these applications. For example, against cancer treatment, the Drug Coated / Eluting Stent and Copolymers have the most patents whereas Co polymers along with a number of Metal Based stents are popular for Chest Artery stents. How we did it? The clusters of Application Areas and Material Types that were created for the previous analysis were correlated using the co occurrence analyzer and then the resulting matrix for converted into a chart and a heatmap.
19 Assignees vs. Coatings What coatings have the key assignees focused upon?
20 When it comes to innovations around developing coatings for stents Boston Scientific Corp leads the way for Endothelial Cells, Inorganic Silicon Carbide, Inorganic Iridium Oxide and Porous Materials albeit marginally ahead of Johnson & Johnson in Porous Materials. Johnson & Johnson have a more patents when it comes to Inorganic Carbon and Inorganic Gold coatings which is the research direction for coatings they seem to focus on. How we did it? First the various coatings used in coronary stents were identified by manual research. Then by using a combination of of clustering and advanced searching tools available in Patent insight Pro, patents were categorized under the different coatings. A cooccurrence matrix was further generated to map the assignees with coatings.
21 Key Inventors Focus Areas Who are the most prolific innovators in stent technology and how do their interest compare with each other? Robert Falotico of Johnson & Johnson, Stephen Pacetti of Abbott Labs and Jan Weber of Boston Scientific are found to be having maximum number of unique families in our search set. These three inventors account for a combined total of 163 unique families published for technology related to stent. For a detailed chart which highlights their invaluable contributions within the space please download the chart in XLS format here: How we did it? We picked the top 3 inventors and categorized their patents using the auto cluster engine. We then used the cooccurrence analyzer to identify the key areas of interest of the 3 inventors and a cooccurrence matrix with heat map was generated to observe how these interests have evolved. Key Inventors comparison table Below is a timeline chart which provides and insight into the interest areas pursued by one of the inventors Jan Weber.
22 Co-Citation Based Clustering How are the records of top 5 assignees related based on their cross citation relationships? The map below shows patents of top 5 assignees clustered together based on their cross citation linkages. In the map patents that have a high degree of overlapping citations have been clustered together. The map also shows the various technologies these cluster of co citing patents are dealing with. Stent Crimping (See Enlarged Image below) Self expanding Drug delivery Treating a vascular condition Bifurcated SCoiled Stent
23 Below is a magnified image of one such cluster of co cited patents dealing with stent crimping. The node size of the patents below is indicative of their number of citations. You can also see the patent numbers of these documents. Below is another image of the same segment of co cited patents dealing with Stent crimping. This image shows the number of occurrences of: stent w/5 crimp* (Stent within 5 words of crimp*). Each patent node size is proportional to the number of hits of the search term.
24 How we did it? The VizMAP tool in Patent insight Pro was used for this analysis. First the patents of top 5 assignees were loaded on the map. The map was then analyzed in the co citation mode. In this mode of analysis the patents of the top 5 assignees got clustered together based on co citing patents. The patent viewer was used to identify the technologies these cluster of co citing patents were talking about. These technologies were then labeled on the map for every cluster.
25 Portfolio Citation Analysis The top 5 companies in the space have been aggressively acquiring other firms that have promising and unique technologies. Much of this M&A activity is based on the ranking of the patent portfolios. A portfolio that is frequently cited by many companies is given a higher ranking usually in IP analysis. We randomly selected two firms with relatively smaller patent portfolios but with a higher degree of forward citations Medinol and EV3 Inc. Medinol s patent portfolio contains 32 families in stent technology. This portfolio has 604 forward citing records. Also EV3 s patent portfolio has 18 families in stent technology. This portfolio has 203 forward citing records. You can also refer to the full forward citation table export for a detailed description on these forward citing documents. Assignee Breakup of Medinol Ltd s forward citations (single generation): Full Citation Table
26 Assignee Breakup of EV3 Inc s forward citations (single generation): Full Citation Table Full Citation Table
27 CLINIC FOUNDATION, COOK INCORPORATED, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS Appendix A: Key Assignee Normalization Table ABBOTT LABS ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, ABBOTT LABORATORIES, PACETTI STEPHEN D, ABBOTT LAB VASCULAR ENTPR LTD, BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD, BORGANKOW HARSHAD, ABBOTT LAB INC, ABBOTT LAB, ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD CHAPMAN, ADVANCED CARRDIOVASCULAR SYSTE, ADVANCED CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS, BIOCOMPATIBLES LTD, ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, ABBOTT LAB VASCULAR ENTITIES L, ADVANCED CARDIOVASULAR SYSTEMS, ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP BOSTON SCIENT TECH INC, SCHNEIDER USA INC, SCHNEIDER INC, ADVANCED STENT TECH INC, BOSTON SCIENT LTD, SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED, BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC, ENDOTEX INTERVENTIONAL SYS INC, WEBER JAN, BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED, CARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC, BOSTON SCIENT CORP, "Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.", BOSTON SCIENT SCRIMED INC, SCHNEIDER EUROP AG, SCIMED LIFESYSTEMS INC, SCI MED LIFE SYSTEMS, SCHNEIDER EUROP GMBH, ENDOTEX INTERVENTIONAL SYSTEM, SCIMED LIFE SYTEMS INC, SMART THERAPEUTICS INC, TINI ALLOY COMPANY, SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED LIFE SYST, BOSTON SCIENT SANTA ROSA CORP, BOSTON SCIMED INC, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC, ADVANCED STENT TECHNOLOGIES L JOHNSON AND JOHNSON CORDIS CORP, ETHICON INC, FISCHELL DAVID R, FISCHELL TIM A, CONOR MEDSYSTEMS INC, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON MEDICAL KK, FALOTICO ROBERT, ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC, CORVITA CORP, ISOSTENT INC, ISO STENT INC, ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC, CORVITA EUROP, CORDIS CORPORTATION, CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR INC, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON RES PTY LTD MEDTRONIC INC MEDTRONIC INC, MEDTRONIC AVE INC, TRANSVASCULAR INC, MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC, MEDTRONIC AVE, MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC, INVATEC SRL, INVATEC S R 1, MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC A DELAWARE, MEDTRONIC VASSCULAR INC, Medtronic Inc., APPLIED VASCULAR ENG INC, PERCUSURGE INC, MEDTRONIC INSTENT INC, COREVALVE SA, ATS MED INC, VENTOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD COOK GROUP COOK WILLIAM EUROP, COOK INC, COOK WILLIAM A AUSTRALIA, COOK BIOTECH INC, UNIV OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE, WISLON COOK MEDICAL INC, WILSON COOK MEDICAL INC, COOK CRITICAL CARE INC, COOK UROLOGICAL INC, MED INST INC, WILLIAM COOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FALOTICO ROBERT, WILLIAMS A COOK AUSTRALIA PTY, GLOBAL THERAPEUTICS INC, WILLIAM COOK EUROP AS, CLEVELAND
28 Edwards Lifesciences AG EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP, EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AG, WEST WELDON DEAN MED INSTITUTE INC MED INST INC, COOK WILLIAM A AUSTRALIA, COOK INC, COOK WILLIAM EUROP, DIERKING WILLIAM K, OHLENSCHLAEGER BENT ORR DAVID E, RASMUSSEN ERIK E, ROEDER BLAYNE A, DIERKING WILLIAM KURT, PETERSEN JESPER S MEDINOL LTD MEDINOL LTD, PINCHASIK GREGORY A, RICHTER JACOB, PINCHASIK GREGORY TERUMO CORPORATION TERUMO CORP, JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECH AGENCY, IGAKI IRYO SEKKEI KK, TOKUSEN KOGYO KK, VASCUTEK LTD EV3 INC INTRA THERAPEUTICS INC, EV3 INC, EV3 PERIPHERAL INC, INTRATHERAPEUTICS INC C R BARD INC BARD INC C R BIOTRONIK BIOTRONIK MESS & THERAPIEG, BIOTRONIK MESS AND THERAPIEG, BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG, Biotronik Mess und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co., Biotronik Mess und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin, BIOTRONIK GMBH AND CO KG, BIOTRONIK ME UND THERAPIEGERAE, Biotronik Mess and Therapiegerate GmbH & Co. Biotronik Mess und Therapiegerate GmbH & Co. Ingenieurburo Berlin, Biotronik Mess und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin, BIOTRONIK MASS UND THERAPIEGER, Biotronik Mass und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin, Biotronik Mess und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin, Biotronik Mess und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero, Biotronik Mess Und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co. XTENT INC XTENT INC, XTENT INC A DELAWARE CORP W L GORE and ASSOCIATES INC GORE and ASSC, GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC
29 Summary Coronary Stents have been among the biggest breakthroughs in healthcare and medicine having changed the lives of many since its introduction in invasive surgery. While it s still a comparatively new technology considering it s been around mostly in the last decade there has been no signs of decline in the innovations and advances that surround it especially in the current years. With the research focus revolving around applications areas, improving materials used and coatings for stents, there are a number of different assignees and companies which spearhead and lead initiatives within each area. The patent landscape which has unfolded as we uncovered some basic insights into coronary stent technology reveal this modern marvel of medicine is going strong and we can only expect to see further improvements in the near future. About Patent insight Pro Patent insight Pro is a comprehensive patent analysis platform that allows you to accelerate your time to decision from patent analysis activities. Designed from inputs by experienced patent researchers, Patent insight Pro easily blends into your existing Research workflow. Patent insight Pro is used by leading legal services, Pharmaceutical & biotech, electronics companies and research organization across US, Europe, South America and India with more than 180 end users. Patent insight Pro is developed and marketed by Gridlogics, a research driven IT Company specializing in providing intellectual property analysis and visualization solutions to aid R&D and corporate strategy. Gridlogics is headquartered in Pune, India and has a sales presence in Delhi, Mumbai and USA. For more information: Visit us at: Or call us at: Or mail us at: [email protected]
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