US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Sept. 8 for "Low profile transseptal catheter and implant system for minimally invasive valve procedure" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,997, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Low profile transseptal catheter and implant system for minimally invasive valve procedure" was invented by Yaron Keidar (Kiryat Ono, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of replacing a native heart valve utilizing a support structure comprising a first fastener, a second faster, a first leaflet brace, and a second leaflet brace. The first leaflet brace is configured to be advanced over a first guide wire to be adjacent to a portion of a first native leaflet. The second leaflet brace is configured to be advanced over a second guide wire to...