US Patent Issued to 4C Medical Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Devices, systems and methods for improving recapture of prosthetic heart valve device with stent frame having valve support with inwardly stent cells" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,630, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 4C Medical Technologies Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems and methods for improving recapture of prosthetic heart valve device with stent frame having valve support with inwardly stent cells" was invented by Jonathan Berndt (Crystal, Minn.), Sounthara Khouengboua (Chaska, Minn.) and Saravana B. Kumar (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible and expandable prosthetic mitral valve stent is provided with improved recapture into a distal lumen of a delivery sheath. Various embodiments comprise a valve support within the interior of a stent frame and defining a flow...