ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,285, issued on June 3, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Mechanically expandable heart valve" was invented by Noam Nir (Pardes-Hanna, Israel), Michael Bukin (Pardes Hanna, Israel) and Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a prosthetic valve assembly includes an annular frame being radially expandable and compressible between a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, a valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets mounted inside the annular frame, a plurality of posts mounted on an interior surface of the annular frame, and a...