US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 9 for "Expansion and locking mechanism for mechanically expandable valves" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,848, issued on June 9, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Expansion and locking mechanism for mechanically expandable valves" was invented by Haim Yushtein (Netanya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic device can include a radially expandable and compressible frame including an inflow end portion and an outflow end portion. The frame including a plurality of struts, and at least one expansion and locking mechanism having a first member, a second member extending at least partially into the first member, and a third member. The third member can include an engagement portion. The pl...