ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,709, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CardioMech AS (Trondheim, Norway).
"Device for heart repair" was invented by Nikolai Hiorth (Oslo, Norway) and Hans Emil Hiorth (Trondheim, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device for repair of the heart by implanting an artificial chordae line, a method of use of a catheter device for repair of the heart by implanting an artificial chordae line, and a method of manufacture of a catheter device for repair of the heart by implanting an artificial chordae line are described. A catheter device (102) for repair of the heart by implanting an artificial chordae line (114), the catheter ...