ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,851, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CARDIOVALVE LTD. (Or Yehuda, Israel).
"Prosthetic valve with arms and flanges" was invented by Ilia Hariton (Zichron Yaackov, Israel), Boaz Harari (Ganey Tikva, Israel) and Meni Iamberger (Kfar Saba, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve frame includes a tubular portion defining a plurality of valve-frame coupling elements disposed circumferentially around a longitudinal axis of the valve frame, and a plurality of arms, extending radially outward from an upstream portion of the tubular portion to define an arm span, and configured to engage tissue in the atrium. An outer frame is couple...