ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,343, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Techniques for fluoroscopic cardiac measurement" was invented by Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described, for use with a native valve of a heart of a subject, the valve being disposed between an atrium and a ventricle of the heart. A first radiopaque marker and a second radiopaque marker are percutaneously advanced to the heart. The first radiopaque marker is placed against a tissue site in the ventricle. The second radiopaque marker is placed against a component of the valve. A distance i...