ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,313, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CARDIOVALVE LTD. (Or Yehuda, Israel).
"Transluminal delivery system" was invented by Michael Albitov (Kiryat Ono, Israel), Maxim Karalnik (Karmiel, Israel), Meni Iamberger (Kfar Saba, Israel), Ilia Hariton (Zichron Yaakov, Israel) and Tal Hammer (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous delivery tool includes a shaft, and proximal and distal capsules which move axially with respect to the shaft. A prosthetic valve includes a tubular portion, an upstream support portion extending therefrom and a plurality of flanges each having a respective flange end-portion. The prosthet...