US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on July 21 for "Heart valve docking system" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,634, issued on July 21, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Heart valve docking system" was invented by Darshin S. Patel (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Hernan Altman (Kiryat Tivon, Israel), Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel), Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel) and Dinesh L. Sirimanne (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A docking device for docking a prosthetic valve at a native valve of a heart includes a coiled body and a high friction sleeve. The coiled body has an upper region, a central region, and a lower region. The docking device is configured to be implanted at the native valve with the u...