ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,958, issued on July 7, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Sealing member for prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Ziv Yohanan (Kfar Hahoresh, Israel), Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel), David Maimon (Atlit, Israel), Michael G. Valdez (Riverside, Calif.) and Tram Ngoc Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic valve can include an annular frame comprising an inflow end and an outflow end and being radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. A leaflet structure can be positioned within the ...