US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on May 13 for "Lock and release mechanisms for trans-catheter implantable devices" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,869, issued on May 13, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Lock and release mechanisms for trans-catheter implantable devices" was invented by John J. Desrosiers (San Clemente, Calif.), Daniel James Murray (Orange, Calif.), Michael G. Valdez (Riverside, Calif.), Liron Tayeb (Peduel, Israel), David Maimon (Atlit, Israel), Eitan Atias (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Adi Carmi (Ganei Tikva, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a lock and release connector, an implantable medical device, and an outer tube. The lock and release connector includes a connector body defining a recess having planar lateral ...