US Patent Issued to BEDROSIAN GLOBAL on Aug. 4 for "System for incising leaflets of a heart valve" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,133, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BEDROSIAN GLOBAL LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System for incising leaflets of a heart valve" was invented by David Rizik (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Bert Bedrosian (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting system for use prior to valve replacement that includes a cutting assembly and a sheath. The cutting assembly includes an expansion member that is movable between a stowed position and an expanded position, and at least a first cutting member associated with the expansion member. The first cutting member is configured to incise a first leaflet. The sheath defines a lumen therethr...