US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Feb. 24 for "Steerable delivery system and components" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,218, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Steerable delivery system and components" was invented by David Robert Landon (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Alexander H. Cooper (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Julio Cesar Sanchez (Garden Grove, Calif.), Glen T. Rabito (Lake Forest, Calif.), Jeremy Brent Ratz (Winchester, Mass.), Tarannum Ishaq Gutierrez (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Ramon Aguilar Jr. (Corona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods are described herein to provide improved steerability for delivering a prosthesis to a body location, for example, for delivering a replacem...