US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on May 20 for "Method of implanting a spacer body in a mitral valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,385, issued on May 20, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Method of implanting a spacer body in a mitral valve" was invented by Stephen C. Geist (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Robert C Taft (Orange, Calif.), Travis Oba (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Sam Sok (Santa Ana, Calif.), Matthew A. Peterson (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Kevin M. Golemo (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Mark Chau (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Seung-Beom Yi (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic device includes a main body, a first anchor, a second anchor, a first anchor spreader, and a second anchor spreader. The first anchor is coupled to the ...