US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on Oct. 6 for "Tri-leaflet mechanical heart valve" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,814, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Tri-leaflet mechanical heart valve" was invented by Rakan Ibrahim Nazer (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ali Mufraih Albaratti (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed Abdullah Alshehri (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tri-leaflet mechanical heart valve includes an annular valve base, a central post located at a center of the annular valve base, and first, second and third leaflets. Each of the first, second and third leaflets is pivotally attached to an inner surface of the annular valve base and pivotally attached to the central post. The ...