US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Oct. 6 for "Tapered heart valve covering" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,822, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Tapered heart valve covering" was invented by David J. Arcaro (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Kyle W. Colavito (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Dustin V. Dienno (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Cody L. Hartman (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Roy Manygoats Jr. (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Ryan S. Titone (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Ryan D. Smith (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Joshua A. Sprinkle (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Benjamin A. Smith (Flagstaff, Ariz.), James L. Goepfrich (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Michael J. Shepard (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering for a prosthetic valve comprises a first portion configured ...