US Patent Issued to Bolton Medical on Oct. 27 for "Support ring, aortic prosthesis and method of forming" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,308, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bolton Medical Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).

"Support ring, aortic prosthesis and method of forming" was invented by Eitan Magen (Sunrise, Fla.) and Eduardo Alejandro Garcia (Sunrise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support ring for an aortic prosthesis includes a helical coil extending in an arc and defining a space between a helical coil first end and helical coil second end in opposing relation to each other. A wire extending through the lumen defined by the helical coil includes a wire first end and a wire second end that are fixed to each other, and a length between the wire first end and th...