ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,847, issued on May 27, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic heart valve having non-cylindrical frame" was invented by Anatoly Dvorsky (Haifa, Israel), Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel), Yair A. Neumann (Moshav Sede Varburg, Israel), Noa Axelrod Manela (Netanya, Israel), Eitan Atias (Tel Aviv, Israel), Oren Cohen (Kadima, Israel), Elazar Levi Schwarcz (Netanya, Israel), Ofir Witzman (Kfar Saba, Israel), Noam Miller (Givatayim, Israel), Boaz Manash (Givat Ada, Israel) and Danny M. Garmahi (Hadera, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic device can include a frame that is ...