US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Jan. 27 for "Devices for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,232, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Devices for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation" was invented by Stanton J. Rowe (Newport Coast, Calif.), Robert S. Schwartz (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Robert A. Van Tassel (Irvine, Calif.), Vivian Khalil (San Gabriel, Calif.), Erin M. Spinner (Carlsbad, Calif.), Neil S. Zimmerman (Redwood City, Calif.) and Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to devices and methods for improving the function of a defective heart valve, and particularly for reducing regurgitation through an atrioventric...