ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,160, issued on April 7, was assigned to inQB8 Medical Technologies LLC (Burlington, Mass.).
"Prosthetic heart valve" was invented by J. Brent Ratz (Winchester, Mass.), Arshad Quadri (West Hartford, Conn.) and Christopher Stivers (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are prosthetic heart valves and methods for improving the functionality of native heart valves. An exemplary prosthetic heart valve may include one or more support structures, in which at least one support structure defines an elongate central passageway having a longitudinal. The prosthetic heart valve may include a plurality of leaflet eleme...