ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,549, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.), George Bakis (La Habra Heights, Calif.) and Lien-Huong T. Hoang (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of catheter-based prosthetic heart valves. In one embodiment, a prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable annular frame, a leaflet assembly mounted within the annular frame, a first skirt mounted on the frame, and a second skirt mounted on the frame. The frame includes a plurality of...