US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Aug. 11 for "Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,554, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" was invented by Minh T. Ma (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Sergio Delgado (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve repair device includes a pair of anchors and at least one leak inhibitor. The device can also include a spacer or coaptation element. The pair of anchors can be coupled to the spacer or coaptation element. The pair of anchors are movable between an open position and a closed position and are configured to attach the valve repair device to the native valve of the patient. T...