ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,832, issued on May 13, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Prosthetic heart valve having improved commissure supports" was invented by Ziv Yohanan (Kfar Hahoresh, Israel), Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel), Netanel Benichou (D.n. Hof Hacarmel, Israel), Michael Bukin (Pardes Hanna, Israel), Nikolai Gurovich (Hadera, Israel) and Elena Sherman (Pardes Hana, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a patient can comprise inserting a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus and a prosthetic heart valve into the patient and advancing the prosthetic heart v...