US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on April 15 for "Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,621, issued on April 15, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" was invented by Eric Robert Dixon (Villa Park, Calif.) and Sergio Delgado (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic device includes a coaption portion, paddles, and clasps. The paddles are moveable from a closed position to an open position. The clasps are also moveable from an open position to a closed position. The clasps include a fixed arm and a plurality of movable arms. The implantable prosthetic device can be used to repair a native valve, such as a nati...