US Patent Issued to Evalve on March 24 for "Valve repair clip with automatic locking mechanism activation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,522, issued on March 24, was assigned to Evalve Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Valve repair clip with automatic locking mechanism activation" was invented by Chad J. Abunassar (San Francisco), Jessie A. Garcia (Newark, Calif.) and Dylan T. Van Hoven (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mitral valve clip includes a stud, a lock, and two arms. The stud includes a shank, and the lock includes a frame relative to which the stud is translatable and into which the shank extends. The lock is able to prevent movement of the stud relative to the lock in at least one direction by locking engagement of the shank. The two arms are...