US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on July 14 for "Textured woven fabric for use in implantable bioprostheses" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. RE50,949, issued on July 14, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Textured woven fabric for use in implantable bioprostheses" was invented by Ajay Chadha (Irvine, Calif.), Son V. Nguyen (Irvine, Calif.) and Kevin D. Rupp (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A textured fabric for an implantable bioprosthesis is provided. The textured fabric can include a woven base layer and a plurality of loops projecting from the woven base layer. The plurality of loops are formed from a composite core-sheath yarn. The core can be made of a material that is different from the sheath. The core material can be selected to i...