US Patent Issued to MAJORO CARDIAC INNOVATIONS on June 23 for "Platforms for mitral and/or tricuspid valve replacement" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,220, issued on June 23, was assigned to MAJORO CARDIAC INNOVATIONS LLC (Marco Island, Fla.).

"Platforms for mitral and/or tricuspid valve replacement" was invented by Joseph H. Gorman III (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.), Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) and Matthew J. Gillespie (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mitral valve prosthesis is percutaneously and/or transapically deployed in at least two stages. In a first stage, a mitral annular ring platform adapted for percutaneous delivery is delivered to and anchored in the mitral valve annulus. In the second stage, a valved-stent mitral valve prosthetic device adapted for per...