ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,511, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SHEBA IMPACT LTD. (Ramat Gan, Israel).
"Prosthetic atrio-ventricular valve" was invented by Ehud Raanani (Hod-HaSharon, Israel), Boris Orlov (Haifa, Israel), Boaz Harari (Haifa, Israel), Oded Meiri (Moshav Ram-On, Israel) and Lichen Rozitsky (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described including placing a valve frame within a subject's heart. The valve frame is configured to support the prosthetic valve within the native atrio-ventricular valve and includes a valve frame body having atrial and ventricular parts and at least one arm that is configured to exte...