US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 2 for "Prosthetic heart valve packaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,638, issued on June 2, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic heart valve packaging" was invented by Harvey H. Chen (Irvine, Calif.), Myron Howanec Jr. (Corona, Calif.), Robert Pozzo Jr. (Lake Forest, Calif.), Curt G. Corte (Wrightwood, Calif.) and Laura Elizabeth Wasson (Silverado, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging assembly for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve is disclosed. The packaging assembly can include a sub-assembly comprising a valve holder configured to hold the bioprosthetic heart valve, and a clip configured to receive a shaft of the valve holder. The clip can comprise a...