US Patent Issued to Polares Medical on April 14 for "Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation with secondary anchors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,482, issued on April 14, was assigned to Polares Medical Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation with secondary anchors" was invented by Alexander K. Khairkhahan (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jacques Essinger (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Alan Klenk (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for use in the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, specifically a coaptation assistance element for implantation across the valve; a system including the coaptation assistance element and anchors for implantation; a system including th...