US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Oct. 21 for "Valve with multi-part frame and associated resilient bridging features" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,014, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Valve with multi-part frame and associated resilient bridging features" was invented by Dustin C. Burkart (Bellemont, Ariz.), Cody L. Hartman (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Roy Manygoats Jr. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Ryan S. Titone (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Concepts disclosed relate to multi-frame prosthetic valves including leaflet and anchor frame subcomponents, where the leaflet frame subcomponent does not directly couple with patient anatomy and is separated from the anchor frame subcomponent by a gap/space. An optional connecting sheat...