US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 9 for "Method for delivering a support member to a native heart valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,849, issued on June 9, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Method for delivering a support member to a native heart valve" was invented by Ronald J. Hosmer (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Erin M. Spinner (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes advancing a delivery assembly through a patient's vasculature toward a native heart valve of the patient, wherein the delivery assembly comprises a first catheter assembly and a second catheter assembly extending through a shaft of the first catheter assembly, and wherein a support member is in an uncoiled, elongated configuration within a sheath ...