US Patent Issued to TRICARES on Aug. 11 for "Stent and replacement heart valve prosthesis with improved fixation features" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,550, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TRICARES SAS (Paris).

"Stent and replacement heart valve prosthesis with improved fixation features" was invented by Georg Rahmig (Pforzheim, Germany), Helmut Straubinger (Aschheim, Germany) and Coralie Marchand (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an improved stent and a replacement heart valve prosthesis exhibiting improved fixation features."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/480,194.

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