US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Aug. 11 for "Prosthetic valves, frames and leaflets and methods thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,545, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic valves, frames and leaflets and methods thereof" was invented by William C. Bruchman (Camp Verde, Ariz.), Daniel A. Crawford (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Logan R. Hagaman (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Cody L. Hartman (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prosthetic heart valves including radially compressible and expandable frames. A frame includes a plurality of interconnected frame elements forming a plurality of cells, which are arranged in a first circumferential row of cells defining an inflow end of the frame and a second circumferential...