ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,289, issued on June 3, was assigned to CORCYM S.R.L. (Saluggia, Italy).
"Device for the in-situ delivery of heart valve prosthesis" was invented by Giovanni Giordano (Saluggia, Italy) and Monica Francesca Achiluzzi (Saluggia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a deployment instrument including: a shaft (2) having a longitudinal axis (X1); a handle (3) at a first end of the shaft (2); and a carrier portion (4) at a second end of the shaft (2). The carrier portion (4) is configured for holding an expandable heart valve prosthesis in a radially collapsed condition for delivery to the implantation site. The carrier p...