ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,811, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).
"Heart valve storage and shipping packaging" was invented by David Clarke (Loughrea, Ireland), Joshua Hillas (Loughrea, Ireland), Jeffrey B. Barnell (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Christopher T. Faherty (Inis Mor, Ireland) and Emily P. Theriot (Mandeville, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging systems and methods for wet storage and/or shipping of prosthetic heart valve or other medical devices are disclosed."
The patent was filed on April 4, 2022, under Application No. 18/282,485.
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