ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,960, issued on July 7, was assigned to Halocinch Medical Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China).

"Valve repair system for implanting artificial chordae tendineae" was invented by Hui Huang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a valve repair system for implanting artificial chordae tendineae, including a handle operation device, a valve clamping device, a valve puncturing device, a catheter, and a grasping-feedback device. The valve clamping device includes a clamping-control component, a proximal clamp, and a distal clamp. The valve puncturing device includes a pulling loop, a conn...