US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on April 15 for "Devices, systems and methods for accurate positioning of a prosthetic valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,617, issued on April 15, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Devices, systems and methods for accurate positioning of a prosthetic valve" was invented by Francis G. Duhay (Irvine, Calif.) and David L. Zollinger (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a system and method for accurately positioning a prosthetic valve such as a prosthetic heart valve at a desired position for deployment. The invention includes extendable positioning elements which provide tactile feedback to a user to confirm proper positioning of the catheter with respect to the native valve annulus. During delivery, the...