ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,493, issued on March 3.
"Annuloplasty system" was invented by Olli Keranen (Bjarred, Sweden) and Jani Virtanen (Soderkulla, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for annuloplasty is disclosed comprising an annuloplasty device comprising first and second support rings having a coiled configuration in which the first and second support rings are arranged as a coil around a central axis, wherein the first and second support rings are configured to be arranged on opposite sides of native heart valve leaflets of a heart valve, a line attached to the first and/or second support ring, and a heating element configured to be heated ...