US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Sept. 23 for "Method for delivering a surgical heart valve" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,742, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Method for delivering a surgical heart valve" was invented by Brian S. Conklin (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve holders and introducers for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to an implant site are configured to facilitate insertion of prosthetic valves through small incisions or access sites on a patient's body. The valve holders can also be configured to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of suture looping or other damage to the prosthetic valve during implantation. A valve holder according to embodiments of the invention in...