US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Sept. 8 for "Transcatheter prosthetic atrioventricular valve with hinged stent" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,995, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Transcatheter prosthetic atrioventricular valve with hinged stent" was invented by William H. Peckels (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Randolf Von Oepen (Aptos, Calif.) and Heath Marnach (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native atrioventricular valve includes a collapsible and expandable frame having atrial and ventricular portions each including a circumferential row of cells, and a center portion extending between the atrial and ventricular portion. The atrial portion and the ventricular port...