US Patent Issued to Heart Biotech Nano on July 21 for "Expandable aortic or pulmonary root" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,631, issued on July 21, was assigned to Heart Biotech Nano Ltd. (Winchester, Great Britain).

"Expandable aortic or pulmonary root" was invented by Magdi Yacoub (Winchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support layer for a synthetic root comprises at least a first region and a second region. The pattern, material, density and/or tension of the support layer in the first region is different to that in the second region. The support may be formed from a knitted, woven, braided or 3D-printed material. The support layer may be comprised within a synthetic aortic or pulmonary root. In at least one region the synthetic roo...