US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Feb. 17 for "Transcatheter pulmonic regenerative valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,338, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Transcatheter pulmonic regenerative valve" was invented by Hao Shang (Irvine, Calif.) and Louis A. Campbell (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Artificial heart valves, their manufacture, and methods of use are described. Generally, artificial heart valves can be deployed to replace or supplement defective heart valves in a patient. These artificial heart valves can comprise a frame with an inner skirt and leaflets. These inner skirt and leaflets can be generated from regenerative tissue to allow integration of the tissue with the body...