US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Oct. 27 for "Prosthetic heart valve leaflet assemblies and methods" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,312, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic heart valve leaflet assemblies and methods" was invented by Ziv Yohanan (Kfar Hahoresh, Israel) and Elena Sherman (Pardes Hana, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve comprises an annular frame comprising a plurality of interconnected struts, wherein the frame is radially compressible and expandable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state. A plurality of leaflets are situated within the frame, each leaflet comprising a main body, two opposing commissure tabs arranged on opposite sides of t...