ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,167, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Tissue remodeling systems and methods" was invented by Jan R. Lau (Windsor, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for remodeling of tissue, such as heart tissue. In some configurations, the systems and methods are directed toward remodeling of the mitral valve of a patient. The systems and methods can include a first tissue anchor, a second tissue anchor, a suture that extends between the tissue anchors, and a suture lock that secures the suture relative to at least one of the tissue anchors or fixes a length of the suture. The s...