ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,926, issued on March 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda).
"Prosthetic valve leaflet" was invented by Arnaud Humair (Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a valve leaflet for an implantable valve device comprising a leaflet body. The leaflet body comprising a free edge configured for coaptation with free edges of one or more other valve leaflets; and a root edge disposed opposite the free edge. The free edge defining an edge profile comprising a peak and valleys disposed on opposite sides of the peak. Other embodiments are also included herein."
The patent was filed...