ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,508, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic valve with enhanced sealing" was invented by Matthew A. Peterson (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Siddharth Vad (Irvine, Calif.), Scott Louis Shary (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Taylor Jacob Scheinblum (Newport Beach, Calif.), Kevin M. Golemo (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Yevgeniy Davidovich Kaufman (Irvine, Calif.) and David Robert Landon (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for prosthetic valves. Embodiments of prosthetic valves may include sealing bodies configured for an anchor to at least partially...