US Patent Issued to JenaValve Technology on May 26 for "Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,148, issued on May 26, was assigned to JenaValve Technology Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement" was invented by Stefan Schreck (San Clemente, Calif.), Hussain S. Rangwala (Villa Park, Calif.) and Payam Saffari (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to heart valve prostheses with the reduced need of pacemaker implantation and/or improved means for positioning the replacement heart valve. A heart valve prosthesis is provided with a stent and at least one locator. The locator has an adapted design for positioning within a cusp of the native ...