ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,004, issued on Sept. 8.
"Device and method for treatment of diastolic heart failure" was invented by Yossi Gross (Moshav Mazor, Israel) and Dana Sternik (Savyon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant comprising one or more resilient force-applying elements for exerting a longitudinal force to (1) an atrioventricular fibrous structure and (2) tissue at an apical region of the heart, in order to augment longitudinal motion of an atrioventricular plane of an atrioventricular valve of the heart, is implanted by positioning a caudal end portion of the implant at the tissue at the apical region, and positioning an opposite end p...