US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ on June 2 for "Replacement heart valve and method" (California, Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,652, issued on June 2, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Replacement heart valve and method" was invented by Arshad Quadri (West Hartford, Conn.), J. Brent Ratz (Winchester, Mass.) and Robrecht Michiels (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement heart valve includes a self-expanding frame having an upstream end and a downstream end. A plurality of anchors extends from the downstream end of the frame. A valve skirt is attached to the frame and a valve body is attached to the valve skirt, wherein the valve body includes leaflets for providing one-way flow through the replacement ...