US Patent Issued to Shanqian (Zhuhai) Biomaterials Technology on Aug. 11 for "Heart valve prosthesis, artificial valve formed by same, and preparation method therefor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,547, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Shanqian (Zhuhai) Biomaterials Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).

"Heart valve prosthesis, artificial valve formed by same, and preparation method therefor" was invented by Ryan Heniford (Guangdong, China) and Jiahua Xiao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart valve prosthesis includes a support element of a tubular structure, and at least two lobule bodies connected to the inner wall of the support element, wherein the support element comprises an outer layer fabric having selvages on opposite sides, and a suture line for fixing the other two sides of the outer layer fab...