US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Jan. 20 for "Anchoring method for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,664, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Anchoring method for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation" was invented by Michael J. Popp (Irvine, Calif.), Roseminda J. White (Temecula, Calif.) and Maria L. Saravia (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor for securing medical devices within a patient and/or sealing an opening in a body structure can be deployed via a catheter. The anchor may include a distal plate, and proximal plate, and a bridge portion connecting the plates. The anchor may include a tensioning member which can pull the plates together in order to secure the an...