Medtronic Sofamor Danek, its spinal division, is fighting a federal whistleblower suit in Tennessee.

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At that time, Danek was also being linked with Norwich City and AEK Athens.

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Albion have also extended the loan of goalkeeper Michal Danek from Viktoria Plzen until 1 January 2009.

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On Danek, Mowbray said: "I've seen enough of Michal to know he can forge a career for himself here, " he said.

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Meanwhile, the 26-year-old Michal Danek has been with Czech side Viktoria Pilsen since 2006 but had seven months on loan to West Brom in 2008 without playing for the first-team.

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The previous year, Danek, who is as yet uncapped, claimed that Celtic were interested in his signature, although that was played down by the Scottish Premier League club's manager, Gordon Strachan.

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Four years ago Medtronic Sofamor Danek, the unit under investigation for kickbacks, sued spinal surgeon Gary Karlin Michelson and Karlin Technology, the company he founded, after he shopped around inventions--threaded and nonthreaded implants to stabilize spinal vertebrae--Medtronic claimed to own or have exclusively licensed.

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Four years ago Medtronic Sofamor Danek, the unit under investigation for kickbacks, sued spinal surgeon Gary Karlin Michelson and Karlin Technology, the company he founded, after he shopped around inventions-threaded and nonthreaded implants to stabilize spinal vertebrae-Medtronic claimed to own or have exclusively licensed.

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