ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,035, issued on July 29, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Transcatheter heart valve storage container and crimping mechanism" was invented by Noam Nir (Pardes-Hanna, Israel), Carmel Peleg (Neve Monoson, Israel), Tomer Saar (Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel), Alexander Barash (Tzoran, Israel) and David Maimon (Atlit, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a storage container for an expandable prosthetic heart valve that crimps the valve upon opening the container and removal of the valve from the container. The container includes a housing sized to receive the heart valve in its expanded confi...