ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,749, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Anchor channel tip" was invented by Ehud Aviv (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Tal Sheps (Givat Shmuel, Israel), Haim Brauon (Beit Dagan, Israel) and Amit Peer (Rehovot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided, for use with a tissue anchor, the apparatus comprising an implant and an anchor-delivery tool. The implant is dimensioned to be advanced into a body of a subject. The tool comprises an anchor-delivery channel and an implant-gripping element. The anchor-delivery channel defines a lumen, and is dimensioned to ...