ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,244, issued on April 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Replacement heart valve" was invented by Roger N. Hastings (Naples, Fla.) and Mark L Jenson (Greenfield, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement heart valve assembly has a stent frame and a replacement valve. The replacement valve has a plurality of leaflets and a valve frame. The leaflets are attached to the valve frame. Further, the assembly has a plurality of suspension struts attached to the stent frame and the valve frame. The valve frame is suspended within the stent frame via the suspension struts. In some embodiments, the...