ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,341, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Capstan Medical Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Heart valve clip" was invented by Daniel T. Wallace (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve repair device, e.g., for treating mitral valve regurgitation, includes a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis, paddles supported by the tubular body and movable to change abduction of the paddles relative to the longitudinal axis, and retention members supported by the tubular body proximal the paddles and similarly movable to change abduction of the retention members relative to the longitudinal axis to facilitate capture of native valv...