US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific on July 28 for "Single conduit heart valve with unitary leaflet and skirt" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,962, issued on July 28, was assigned to Boston Scientific Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda).

"Single conduit heart valve with unitary leaflet and skirt" was invented by Arnaud Humair (Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland) and Yutit Wanakoht (Orges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to prosthetic heart valves constructed with animal tissue wherein the leaflets are unitary with the inner skirt. In an embodiment, an implantable heart valve assembly is included having a plurality of valve leaflets, an inner skirt, and a metal frame, wherein the plurality of valve leaflets and the inner skirt are formed of a continuous pi...