ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,289, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MiRus LLC (Marietta, Ga.).
"Heart valve that includes coating material" was invented by Jordan Bauman (Smyrna, Ga.), Noah Roth (Marietta, Ga.), Jay Yadav (Atlanta), S. Beckett Gookin (Marietta, Ga.), Md Tausif Salim (Decatur, Ga.), Jorge Jimenez (Baton Rouge, La.) and Jason White (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve that is at least partially coated with an enhancement layer, and a method for inserting the prosthetic heart valve in a patient. The prosthetic heart valve includes an expandable frame, a leaflet structure, and optionally an inner skirt and/or an outer sk...