US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on April 22 for "Retrieval devices for heart valve sealing devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,982, issued on April 22, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Retrieval devices for heart valve sealing devices" was invented by Asher L. Metchik (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) and Julia Akiko Roche (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrieval device for retrieving a previously implanted device from a native valve of a patient's heart includes one or more retrieval components. The retrieval components include one or more of a device securing member, a device actuation member, and a clasp capturing member. The securing member is configured to attach the retrieval device to the previously impl...