US Patent Issued to Capstan Medical on Aug. 4 for "Systems, devices and methods with stent frame features" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,209, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Capstan Medical Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Systems, devices and methods with stent frame features" was invented by Evelyn Haynes (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Ian Mahaffey (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Spencer Noe (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Dan Wallace (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Peter Gregg (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement heart valve comprises one or more stent frame features, including inset barbs, ring attachment structures or attachment tabs."

The patent was filed on Jan. 16, 2025, under Application No. 19/026,196.

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