ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,220, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Symetis SA (Ecublens, Switzerland).
"Aortic bioprosthesis and systems for delivery thereof" was invented by Jacques Essinger (Wollerau, Switzerland), Youssef Biadillah (Munich), Stephane Delaloye (Bulach, Switzerland), Jean-Luc Hefti (Cheseaux-Noreaz, Switzerland), Luc Mantanus (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Reynald Passerini (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to stents, valved-stents, and associated methods and systems for their delivery via minimally-invasive surgery."
The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under Application ...