US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ on Feb. 24 for "Prosthesis, delivery device and methods of use" (California, Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,219, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthesis, delivery device and methods of use" was invented by Glen T. Rabito (Lake Forest, Calif.), Jeremy Brent Ratz (Winchester, Mass.), Arshad Quadri (West Hartford, Conn.), Lindsay Lam (Tustin, Calif.), David Robert Landon (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Garrett Dallas Johnson (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfemoral delivery system for implanting a replacement heart valve is provided. The replacement heart valve includes an expandable frame and a plurality of distal anchors. The delivery device includes an outer ...