ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,634, issued on June 17, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Optical tissue measurement" was invented by Carolyn Sue Martinez (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical method for determining collagen bundle orientation in bovine pericardium includes the use of a system having a light source which transmits light through a first polarizer, a tissue for making a prosthetic valve leaflet, and a second polarizer, where the light then illuminates a detector plate. The light that illuminates the detector plate is used to determine the orientation of collagen fiber bundles. The orientation of the ...