US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on April 21 for "Handle locking mechanisms for a transcatheter delivery system" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,247, issued on April 21, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Handle locking mechanisms for a transcatheter delivery system" was invented by Elazar Levi Schwarcz (Netanya, Israel), Ofir Witzman (Harish, Israel) and Oren Cohen (Kadima, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism for a transcatheter delivery system is disclosed. As one example, the locking mechanism may comprise a first fixing member configured to be coupled to an introducer sheath, a second fixing member configured to be coupled to a handle of a delivery apparatus, and a locking arm configured to be removably coupled at a first ...