US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on May 13 for "Prosthetic valves, frames and leaflets and methods thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,835, issued on May 13, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic valves, frames and leaflets and methods thereof" was invented by William C. Bruchman (Camp Verde, Ariz.), Daniel A. Crawford (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Logan R. Hagaman (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Cody L Hartman (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prosthetic heart valve leaflets of shapes that control bending. Prosthetic heart valves can include a leaflet frame having a generally tubular shape with attached film. The leaflet frame can define a plurality of leaflet windows with the film defining at least one leaflet extending from each of ...