ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,295, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Cardiac prosthesis" was invented by Randall Lashinski (Windsor, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting cardiac tissue are described involving adjustment of a frame element of an implantable device relative to the cardiac tissue. At least a component of the implantable device is rotated relative to the cardiac tissue and/or another component of the implantable device. At least a component of the implantable device is axially movable relative to the cardiac tissue and/or another component of the implanta...