US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on July 8 for "Stability device for use with percutaneous delivery systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,150, issued on July 8, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Stability device for use with percutaneous delivery systems" was invented by Gilbert Madrid (Dana Point, Calif.), Matthew T. Winston (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Sam Sok (Santa Ana, Calif.), Thanh Huy Le (Oceanside, Calif.), Tri D. Tran (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Kim Le (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Michael D. Franklin (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve includes advancing a distal end portion of a catheter shaft through a patient's vasculature. The distal end portion of the catheter shaft includes an expa...