US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) on Oct. 27 for "Fastener and techniques therefor" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,317, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Fastener and techniques therefor" was invented by Haim Brauon (Beit Dagan, Israel), Tal Sheps (Givat Shmuel, Israel), Aviv Galon (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Rafael Pintor (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annuloplasty structure includes a contracting member. A fastener is configured to receive the contracting member therethrough, the fastener including a housing and a clamping structure disposed therein. The fastener has an open state in which the contracting member can pass through the fastener, and is biased ...