US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on July 7 for "Removable volume indicator for syringe" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,191, issued on July 7, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Removable volume indicator for syringe" was invented by Ilan Tamir (Irvine, Calif.) and Michael R. Bialas (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A volume indicator for a syringe can include an indicator body configured to removably clip onto a syringe body and a window portion extending through a thickness of the indicator body. The volume indicator can include inflation indicia corresponding to a range of expanded diameters for a prosthetic heart valve. The volume indicator can include one or more first engagement elements that correspon...