US Patent Issued to Evalve on Nov. 3 for "Adjustable arm device for grasping tissues" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,594, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Evalve Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Adjustable arm device for grasping tissues" was invented by Benjamin L Lee (Santa Clara, Calif.), Casey Barbarino (San Francisco) and Chad J Abunassar (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to repair devices configured for use in fixing or approximating tissues, such as cardiac valve tissues and particularly the leaflets of a regurgitant mitral valve. The repair device includes a shaft, a pair of proximal elements pivotally coupled to the shaft and extending from the shaft, and a pair of distal elements pivotally coupled ...