ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,219, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Mitral Valve Technologies Sarl (Nyon, Switzerland).
"Replacement heart valve systems and methods" was invented by Paul A. Spence (Louisville, Ky.), Landon H. Tompkins (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), Mark Chau (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for replacing a native heart valve are disclosed. A system comprises a delivery catheter having a deflectable distal tip configured to bend in one or more directions relative to a native annulus of a native heart valve when the distal tip is positioned within an atrium of a heart and...