ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,756, issued on March 11, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Unidirectional valvular implant" was invented by Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel), Eitan Atias (Tel Aviv, Israel), Liron Tayeb (Peduel, Israel), Amir Blumenfeld (Tel Aviv, Israel), David Maimon (Atlit, Israel) and Eyal Leiba (N. Misgav, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valvular implants and blood vessel closure devices herein are configured to be positioned in the heart and to block regurgitant blood flow from the heart into blood vessels supplying blood to the heart. The valvular implants can have a cover, a membrane, a valve, a resilient fra...