US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Aug. 4 for "Expandable surgical heart valve indicators" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,207, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Expandable surgical heart valve indicators" was invented by Jessica Guttenberg (Irvine, Calif.), Da-Yu Chang (Irvine, Calif.), Derrick Johnson (Orange, Calif.), Brian S. Conklin (Orange, Calif.), Qinggang Zeng (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Myron Howanec Jr. (Corona, Calif.) and Grace Myong Kim (Seal Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and for post-implant expansion and having a valve-type indicator thereon visible from outside the body post-implant. The indicator communicates info...