ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,817, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SHEBA IMPACT LTD. (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
"Valve frame for prosthetic tricuspid valve" was invented by Boris Orlov (Rishon, Israel) and Ehud Raanani (Hod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described for use with a native tricuspid valve of a heart of a mammalian subject. A valve frame (22) includes a valve-frame body (32) that is configured to support prosthetic valve leaflets (20) within the native tricuspid valve. Chord-recruiting arms (30) are configured to extend from the valve-frame body at circumferential regions corresponding to the anterior leaflet and the poste...