US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 2 for "Catheters for implants and medical procedures and methods of use thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,657, issued on June 2, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Catheters for implants and medical procedures and methods of use thereof" was invented by Kurt Kelly Reed (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery catheter is in various embodiments configured to deliver an anchoring device to a native valve annulus of a patient's heart, where the anchoring device can better secure a prosthesis at the native annulus. The delivery catheter may include a flexible portion configured to form a spiral shape in embodiments."

The patent was filed on May 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/312,553. ...