ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,310, issued on March 18, was assigned to Approxima Srl (Seregno, Italy).
"Device and assembly to repair a heart valve" was invented by Riccardo Vismara (Milan), Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore (Milan), Michal Jaworek (Seregno, Italy), Edoardo Maroncelli (Seregno, Italy), Federico Lucherini (Milan), Eleonora Salurso (Milan), Gianmarco Provaroni (Milan), Guido Gelpi (Milan), Claudia Romagnoni (Milan) and Monica Contino (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for reshaping a cardiac ventricle in a patient comprising an implantable device for reshaping a ventricle comprising a tether, a non-implantable tool which is detachably conn...