ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,650, issued on June 2, was assigned to JenaValve Technology Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency" was invented by Volker Guyenot (Jena, Germany), Thomas Peschel (Jena, Germany), Christoph Damm (Jena, Germany), Hans-Reiner Figulla (Jena, Germany), Markus Ferrari (Jena, Germany) and Johannes Jung (Pforzheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency, with an endoprosthesis which can be introduced into a patient's body and expanded to secure a heart valve prosthesis in the patient's aorta. In an embodiment, the endoprosthesis has a plurality...