US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on July 7 for "Devices for assisting with heart valve manufacturing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,957, issued on July 7, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Devices for assisting with heart valve manufacturing" was invented by Arthur I. Koral (Tustin, Calif.), James R. Cody III (Tustin, Calif.), Ping-Yang Shih (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Tiffany Diemtrinh Tran (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assistance system that can be used for prosthetic heart valve manufacturing or suturing procedures includes an automated fixture that can comprise an articulation arm and a target device holder. The target device holder can be positioned and oriented to reduce operator strain during a manufacturing or i...