ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,484, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Method of treating mitral valve stenosis" was invented by Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel), Khen Perlmutter (Binyamina, Israel), Adi Carmi (Ganei Tikva, Israel), Noa Axelrod Manela (Netanya, Israel) and Nikolay Gurovich (Hadera, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating mitral valve stenosis in a human heart includes advancing a delivery apparatus through a right femoral vein, across a septal wall, and through a calcified mitral valve. A prosthetic heart valve is provided along a distal end portion of the delivery apparatus, wherein ...