ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,605, issued on July 22, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Cinching of dilated heart muscle" was invented by Yaron Keidar (Kiryat Ono, Israel), Nima V. Nia (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Stanton J. Rowe (Corona Del Mar, Calif.), Hengchu Cao (Irvine, Calif.) and Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses for treating a heart are provided. Methods can include obtaining and using an implant. One or more catheters can be used to properly position and attach the implant in a desired location in a chamber of the heart, for example, such that (i) a fi...