ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,998, issued on March 31, was assigned to 4C Medical Technologies Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Prosthetic heart valve for natural blood flow" was invented by Saravana B. Kumar (Minnetonka, Minn.), Steven D. Kruse (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Jason S. Diedering (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible and expandable implant for implanting in a heart chamber on a side of a heart. The implant may include an outer section including a curved portion configured to be positioned in the heart chamber. The implant may be sized such that an ellipsoid conforming to the curved portion has a height greater than a length of the heart c...