US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on May 26 for "Truncated leaflet for prosthetic heart valves" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,144, issued on May 26, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Truncated leaflet for prosthetic heart valves" was invented by William C. Bruchman (Camp Verde, Ariz.) and Cody L. Hartman (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve can include a frame defining a central longitudinal axis and a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet can include: a leaflet free edge, a first leaflet side forming a first leaflet side line of attachment along the frame, a second leaflet side forming a second leaflet side line of attachment along the frame, and a leaflet base forming a leaflet base line of att...