US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Jan. 13 for "Systems and mechanisms for deploying a docking device for a replacement heart valve" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,234, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and mechanisms for deploying a docking device for a replacement heart valve" was invented by Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel), Yoav Rozen (Binyamina, Israel) and Eitan Atias (Netanya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods usable in delivering a docking device to a native valve of a patient's heart. A docking device can be connected to a pusher tool by a line, such as a suture. A member of the pusher tool can be rotatable to change the amount of the suture extending from the pusher tool. A locking mechanism can be used to f...