ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,821, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Replacement heart valve system" was invented by Gavin O'Brien (Dublin), Tim O'Connor (Galway, Ireland), Chris Cullen (Galway, Ireland) and Jingwen Ping (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement heart valve system may include a replacement heart valve implant including an expandable framework configured to shift from a radially collapsed to a radially expanded configuration, wherein the framework is self-biased toward the radially expanded configuration, and a plurality of valve leaflets attached to the framework. The replace...