ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,254, issued on July 1, was assigned to Corvivo Cardiovascular Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).
"Prosthetic heart valves" was invented by Robert G Matheny (Norcross, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prosthetic heart valves having a conical shaped base valve structure formed from collagenous mammalian tissue and an expandable stent structure. The base valve structure includes a plurality of elongated ribbon members that are positioned proximate each other in a joined relationship, wherein the elongated ribbon members are positioned adjacent each other and form a plurality of fluid flow modulating regions that open when fluid into and through...