ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,340, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Prosthetic valve delivery assembly" was invented by Oren Cohen (Kadima, Israel), Ofir Witzman (Kfar Saba, Israel) and Elazar Levi Schwarcz (Netanya, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic valve delivery assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a delivery apparatus having a shaft and a prosthetic valve mounted in a radially compressed configuration around a distal portion of the shaft. The delivery apparatus further includes an expansion assist device mounted on the shaft. The expansion assist device is independently radially expandab...