ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,387, issued on May 20, was assigned to AVVIE GMBH (Vienna).
"Implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve" was invented by Werner Mohl (Altenmarkt-Thennenberg, Austria), Jeremy Douglas Jarman (Vienna) and Preyen Agasthian Perumall (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve in a human heart, the atrioventricular valve having a first and a second native leaflet, an anterolateral and posteromedial commissure between the first and the second native leaflet, and an annulus adjacent a wall of an atrium of the heart. The implant including a frame that includes a midd...