US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on March 3 for "Multi-layer covering for a prosthetic heart valve" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,491, issued on March 3, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Multi-layer covering for a prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Gil Senesh (Adi, Israel), Jeanette Jasmine Corona Kelly (Anaheim, Calif.) and Sandip Vasant Pawar (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve including a frame, leaflet structure, and sealing member disposed around an outer surface of the frame is disclosed. As one example, the sealing member includes an inner layer and a plush outer layer comprising a plush outer surface. The inner layer is arranged against the outer surface of the frame and the outer lay...