US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ on July 22 for "Articulated commissure valve stents and methods" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,612, issued on July 22, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Articulated commissure valve stents and methods" was invented by Jennifer K. White (Charlestown, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame for a prosthetic valve includes pivoting struts and outer bow struts. A first end of each pivoting strut is pivotably coupled to a first pivoting strut, a second end of each pivoting strut is pivotably coupled to a second pivoting strut, and an intermediate portion of each pivoting strut, which is disposed between the first end and the second end, is pivotably coupled to a third pivoting strut. The outer ...