ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,546, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Prosthetic heart valve leaflet assemblies and methods" was invented by Noam Nir (Pardes-Hanna, Israel), Michael Bukin (Pardes Hanna, Israel) and Elena Sherman (Pardes Hana, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaflet assembly for a prosthetic heart valve is disclosed. As one example, a method includes: forming a plurality of leaflet sub-assemblies, each including a leaflet and a skirt and formed by placing the skirt on one side of the leaflet such that the skirt extends along a curved cusp edge portion and two commissure tabs of the leaflet, fol...