US Patent Issued to CroiValve on Oct. 7 for "Apparatus and methods for treating a defective cardiac valve" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,750, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CroiValve Ltd. (Dublin).

"Apparatus and methods for treating a defective cardiac valve" was invented by Ivan Vesely (Gaithersburg, Md.), Conor Quinn (Malahide, Ireland), Aoife Mulligan (Sandymount, Ireland), Paul Heneghan (Raheny, Ireland), Patrick Quinn (Howth, Ireland) and Stephen O'Sullivan (Clontarf, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for repairing a cardiac valve, e.g., a tricuspid valve, are provided. The apparatus may include a prosthetic device coupled to an elongated support to suspend and maintain the prosthetic device within the cardiac valve. The support may ...