US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on July 1 for "Medical device stabilizing apparatus and method of use" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,181, issued on July 1, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Medical device stabilizing apparatus and method of use" was invented by Gregory Scott Tyler II (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Arnold Cruz Tuason (Claremont, Calif.), David M. Taylor (Lake Forest, Calif.), Matthew T. Winston (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilizing unit for a medical device includes a base member, a housing, a stabilizing fork, one or more springs, and a retaining arm. The housing has a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion connected to the lower housing portion. Th...