US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on May 13 for "Loader and retriever for transcatheter heart valve, and methods of crimping transcatheter heart valve" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,842, issued on May 13, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Loader and retriever for transcatheter heart valve, and methods of crimping transcatheter heart valve" was invented by Asher L. Metchik (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.), Thanh V. Nguyen (Irvine, Calif.), Raz Biran (Menashe, Israel), Arvin T. Chang (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Tarannum Ishaq Gutierrez (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Jeff Lindstrom (Coto de Caza, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for retrieving a previously inserted prosthetic valve is disclosed. In one example, a loader assembly is inserted through a hub of a delivery sheath device. ...