US Patent Issued to Ancora Heart on March 25 for "Myocardial implant load sharing device and methods to promote LV function" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,151, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ancora Heart Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Myocardial implant load sharing device and methods to promote LV function" was invented by Russel Sampson (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jennifer Henderson (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jeff Closs (Menlo Park, Calif.), Joshua Sampson (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Charles J. Adam (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices and methods described herein may be used to restore left ventricular function to address mitral valve regurgitation. One variation of an implant comprises a plurality of tethered anchors and a plurality of force-distribution members slidably...