ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,606, issued on July 22, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Fluoroscopic visualization of heart valve anatomy" was invented by Eran Hoffer (Yahud, Israel), Sarit Avivi (Givat Shmuel, Israel), Yaron Herman (Givat Ada, Israel), Tal Sheps (Givat Shmuel, Israel), Ehud Aviv (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel), Meir Kutzik (Kafir Saba, Israel) and Or Cohen (Modi'in, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiopaque frame is transluminally advanced to an atrium of a heart of a subject. The frame is expanded within a valve adjacent the atrium such that part of the frame remain...