US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Oct. 21 for "Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,019, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" was invented by Jian Lin Phan (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthetic device has a coaption element, a pair of paddles, and at least one cover. The coaption element is configured to be positioned within the native heart valve orifice to help fill a space where the native valve is regurgitant and form a more effective seal. The cover can at least partially cover the coaption element and/or the pair of paddles. The cover is at least partially closed by...