US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ on June 17 for "Surgical implant devices and methods for their manufacture and use" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,630, issued on June 17, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Surgical implant devices and methods for their manufacture and use" was invented by Richard George Cartledge (Boca Raton, Fla.) and John P. Cartledge (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes an implant body and a delivery apparatus. The implant body includes a lattice structure, an adjustment member, and a control device. The lattice structure is circumferentially expandable and contractible. The adjustment member and the control device are coupled to the lattice structure. Actuating the adjustment member results i...