ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,271, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Cephea Valve Technologies Inc. (Abbott Park, Ill.).
"Suture rigging assembly" was invented by Jarred Hake (Fremont, Calif.), Randolf Von Oepen (Aptos, Calif.) and Stephanie Gatchalian (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture rigging assembly for use with a prosthetic heart valve delivery device includes a coupling ring having a plurality of apertures, and at least one tether coupled to the apertures of the coupling ring and extending distally therefrom. Each tether is formed by two lengths of suture thread, the lengths of suture thread joined together at a position spaced from ...