ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,294, issued on June 3.
"Tissue grasping devices and related methods" was invented by Raghuveer Basude (Fremont, Calif.) and Shri Krishna Basude (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic device for sealing a native heart valves to prevent or reduce regurgitation comprises a spacer having one or more anchors. The spacer may also have atrial support structures, ventricular support structures, or both atrial and ventricular support structures In some cases, the spacer has anchors that attach to the leaflets as well as atrial and ventricular support. In some cases, the spacer straddles the annulus and is located by ancho...