US Patent Issued to Jenscare Scientific on July 28 for "Mitral valve clip having locking mechanism" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,966, issued on July 28, was assigned to Jenscare Scientific Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Mitral valve clip having locking mechanism" was invented by Shiwen Lv (Zhejiang, China), Zhi Chen (Zhejiang, China), Kan Lu (Zhejiang, China) and Lei Wu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve clip having locking mechanism includes first clamping arm, second clamping arm, linking member, push-pull device and locking device. The locking device fitted with the linking member and includes locking head and self-locking rod. The linking member hinged to each of the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm which include a long arm w...