US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) on Oct. 27 for "Location indication system for implant-delivery tool" (Israeli, American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,316, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Location indication system for implant-delivery tool" was invented by Tal Sheps (Givat Shmuel, Israel), Tal Hammer (Ramat Gan, Israel), Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel), Ehud Aviv (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Amir Gross (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel), Yaron Herman (Givat Ada, Israel), Alexei Koifman (Melbourne, Australia) and Yuval Zipory (Modi'in, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular system comprising a catheter is configured to deliver an implant into the heart. The implant comprises a coupling head and a tissue-engaging element that...