ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,543, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VESALIUS CARDIOVASCULAR INC. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Tissue anchors" was invented by Peter Lloyd Skarsgard (Vancouver, Canada), Ryan Harrington (Vancouver, Canada) and Andrew Meyer (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue anchor is disclosed. The tissue anchor comprises a base and first, second, third and fourth prongs being joined to the base at proximal ends thereof. In some embodiments, each of the first, second, third and fourth prongs extends radially outwardly from the proximal end along an arcuate path towards a distal end. The first, second, third and fourth prongs may b...