US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on July 22 for "Leaflet attachment frame for prosthetic valve" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,597, issued on July 22, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Leaflet attachment frame for prosthetic valve" was invented by Netanel Benichou (D.n. Hof Hacarmel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic valve includes a frame and a leaflet structure positioned within the frame. The frame has a plurality of angled struts arranged to form a plurality of circumferentially extending rows of closed cells, including an uppermost row of closed cells defining an outflow end of the frame. The leaflet structure includes a plurality of leaflets, each having two opposing commissure portions and a lo...