ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,276, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Inversion delivery device and method for a prosthesis" was invented by Dale K. Nelson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), John P. Gainor (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Evan M. Leingang (Plymouth, Minn.), Robert Foster Wilson (Roseville, Minn.) and Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device usable to deliver an inverting implant is provided that includes a positioning mechanism that automatically initiates the inversion process once a predetermined length of the implant has exited a delivery catheter. The posit...