US Patent Issued to 4C Medical Technologies on May 26 for "Heart chamber prosthetic valve implant with elevated valve section and single chamber anchoring for preservation, supplementation and/or replacement of native valve function" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,146, issued on May 26, was assigned to 4C Medical Technologies Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Heart chamber prosthetic valve implant with elevated valve section and single chamber anchoring for preservation, supplementation and/or replacement of native valve function" was invented by Jeffrey W. Chambers (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present invention comprise a single-chamber collapsible and expandable prosthetic valve implant device with an elevated valve section and comprising the following capabilities: (1) preservation of native valve functionality; (2) initial preservation of native va...