US Patent Issued to Cephea Valve Technologies on April 22 for "Valve retention supplemented with a wire hoop" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,948, issued on April 22, was assigned to Cephea Valve Technologies Inc. (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Valve retention supplemented with a wire hoop" was invented by Daniel T. Wallace (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a replacement mitral valve. The replacement valve may be made of a less rigid material thereby allowing the packed diameter of the replacement valve to be decreased. The less rigid replacement mitral valve may include a ventricular portion and a central portion. The ventricular portion may include a guide channel. A wire may be advanced into the guide channe...