ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,149, issued on July 8, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Method and apparatus for repairing a heart valve" was invented by Eran Miller (Moshav Beit Elazari, Israel), Oz Cabiri (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Yosef Gross (Moshav Mazor, Israel), Amir Gross (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel) and Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic device for repairing a native valve includes a first clip, a second clip, a first cord, and a second cord. The first clip has a first arm and a second arm and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The second cli...