US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on March 17 for "Transcatheter medical implant delivery" (California, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,816, issued on March 17, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Transcatheter medical implant delivery" was invented by Michael G. Valdez (Riverside, Calif.), Cristobal R. Hernandez (Santa Ana, Calif.), Eric Jason Noda (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Hien T Nguyen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Trizzie Trang Dang (Santa Ana, Calif.), Lillian Grace Myers (Prairie Village, Kan.), Linda Thai (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Daniel James Murray (Orange, Calif.) and Don Huy Tran (Westminster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical implant delivery system can comprise a puncture needle, a medical implant delivery cathete...