US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 16 for "Prosthetic heart valve leaflet assemblies and methods" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,667, issued on June 16, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic heart valve leaflet assemblies and methods" was invented by Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel), Shahram Zamani (Newport Coast, Calif.), Michael Bukin (Pardes Hanna, Israel), Ziv Yohanan (Kfar Hahoresh, Israel), Noam Nir (Pardes-Hanna, Israel), Tyler Dale O'Dell (Irvine, Calif.) and Elena Sherman (Pardes Hana, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a valvular structure can include folding an upper tab of a first leaflet onto a lower tab of the first leaflet, disposing a first end of a reinforcing member on the upp...