US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) on Sept. 9 for "Percutaneous implantation of an annuloplasty structure" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,032, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Percutaneous implantation of an annuloplasty structure" was invented by Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel), Amir Gross (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel) and Tal Sheps (Givat Shmuel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During a percutaneous transcatheter procedure, an annuloplasty structure is secured at least partially around an annulus of a mitral valve of a subject by coupling a plurality of tissue anchors to the annulus such that (i) a longitudinal contracting member of the annuloplasty structure extends at least partially around the annu...