ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,514, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CroiValve Ltd. (Dublin).
"Systems and methods for delivering prosthetics to treat a cardiac valve" was invented by Aoife Mulligan (Sandymount, Ireland), Gabriel Sobrino-Serrano (Kinvara, Ireland), Ian O'Gorman (Dublin), Gavin Kenny (Doughiska, Ireland), Paul Heneghan (Raheny, Ireland), Conor Quinn (Malahide, Ireland) and Pascal Launois (Dundrum, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for repairing a cardiac valve, e.g., a tricuspid valve, are provided. The apparatus may include a prosthetic device coupled to an elongated support to suspend and maintain the prosthetic device within the...