US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Oct. 21 for "Native valve repair devices and procedures" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,020, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Native valve repair devices and procedures" was invented by Asher L. Metchik (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.), Gregory Scott Tyler II (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Matthew T. Winston (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Sergio Delgado (Irvine, Calif.), Lauren R. Freschauf (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Eric Robert Dixon (Villa Park, Calif.) and Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve repair device includes a first paddle, a second paddle, a spacer, a first gripping member, and a second gripping member. The first paddle and the second paddle a...