US Patent Issued to TriFlo Cardiovascular on Aug. 11 for "Delivery system for a heart valve support device" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,797, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TriFlo Cardiovascular Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Delivery system for a heart valve support device" was invented by Luca Pesce (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Michael Nadolny (Santa Ana, Calif.), John Paul Ussia (Rome), Christine Thanh Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.), Christine Thao Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.), Oladipo Akerele-Ale (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Hykaz Paronian (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for assisting with the functioning of a tricuspid valve of a heart include a shaft, a flow optimizer, and an anchoring mechanism. A tilting mechanism can be configured to...