US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Aug. 18 for "Modular valve prosthesis with anchor stent and valve component" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,510, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Modular valve prosthesis with anchor stent and valve component" was invented by Paul Rothstein (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular valve prosthesis includes an anchor stent and a valve component. The anchor stent includes a self-expanding tubular frame member configured to be deployed in the aorta and a proximal arm component extending from a proximal end of the tubular frame member and configured to be deployed in the sinuses of the aortic valve. The anchor stent further includes attachment members extending from an internal surface of the ...