ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,038, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Choice B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Implantable tube valve" was invented by Peter Van De Graaf (Sevenum, Netherlands), Erwin Dekkers (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Simon Plukker (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Jorg Stroetzel (Venlo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable tube valve for implanting in a human vessel, comprising a tube, having an inner and outer tube wall extending between two axial tube ends and comprising a valve member, connected to a pivot shaft supported by the tube, with the valve member pivotable between an open position and a closed position and comprising an actu...