ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,159, issued on April 7, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Sealing member for prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic valve can include a radially expandable and collapsible annular frame having an inflow end and an outflow end. A valvular structure can be positioned within the frame. A plurality of sealing members can be positioned around an outer surface of the frame, wherein the sealing members are configured to transform from an unfurled configuration extending along the outer surface of the frame when the fra...