US Patent Issued to INNOVHEART on Dec. 2 for "Device for implanting a prosthesis for a heart valve and assembly procedure" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,003, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to INNOVHEART S.r.l. (Milan).

"Device for implanting a prosthesis for a heart valve and assembly procedure" was invented by Giovanni Righini (Gland, Switzerland), Cindy Trinh (San Marcos, Calif.) and Dong Ik Shin (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for implanting a heart prosthesis including a central body, a containment portion having one or more sub-components, and a release device for the central body capable of being inserted into a catheter. A device for assisting the connection operation between the central body and the sub-components of the containment portion includes an a...