ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,046, issued on July 29.
"Medical device for a cardiac valve implant" was invented by Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski (Reihen, Switzerland), Ger O'Carroll (Castlebaldwin, Ireland) and Mark Pugh (Coolaney, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for connecting an annuloplasty implant with a delivery and retrieval device includes retracting the annuloplasty implant towards a locking structure of the delivery and retrieval device with a retrieval element. The retrieval element connects the annuloplasty implant with the delivery and retrieval device when the annuloplasty implant is disconnected from the delivery and retrieval device. A co...