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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001145197-23-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PODD"
cik: "0001145197"
company_name: "INSULET CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T00:42:16.825840+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insulet sues EOFlow, Flex, and former executives for trade secret theft and patent infringement over EOPatch pump

## Summary
- Complaint filed Aug 3, 2023 in Mass. federal court alleges theft of trade secrets covering Omnipod patch pump design and manufacturing.
- Defendants include EOFlow, Flex, and three former Insulet executives (Malave, DiIanni, Welsford) hired by EOFlow.
- Alleges EOPatch is virtually identical to Omnipod; internal components like walking-man hook, ratchet gears, reservoir shape are interchangeable.
- EOFlow submitted a 510(k) premarket application to FDA in Dec 2022; Medtronic announced $738M acquisition of EOFlow on May 25, 2023.
- Insulet seeks injunctive relief, damages for DTSA, patent infringement, trade dress dilution, and unfair competition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001145197-23-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PODD
- cik: 0001145197
- company_name: INSULET CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145197/000114519723000055/0001145197-23-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145197/000114519723000055/podd-20230803.htm

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