US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on July 15 for "Sealing member for prosthetic heart valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,452, issued on July 15, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Sealing member for prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Lien Huong Thi Hoang (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Son V. Nguyen (Irvine, Calif.), Hien Tran Ngo (Irvine, Calif.), Vivian Tran (Santa Ana, Calif.), Russell T. Joseph (Las Flores, Calif.), Dinesh L Sirimanne (Irvine, Calif.), Kevin D. Rupp (Irvine, Calif.) and Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve includes an annular frame that is radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded co...