US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Oct. 6 for "Systems and methods for heart valve leaflet repair" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,818, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for heart valve leaflet repair" was invented by Mark Chau (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Sam Shafigh (Irvine, Calif.) and Travis Zenyo Oba (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant includes an interface and a wing that is coupled to the interface. A catheter is transluminally advanceable to a heart chamber upstream of a heart valve of a subject and houses the implant. A delivery tool comprises a shaft and a driver. Via engagement with the interface, the shaft is configured to (i) deploy the implant out of the catheter...