US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Sept. 30 for "Apparatus and method for replacing a diseased cardiac valve" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,016, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Apparatus and method for replacing a diseased cardiac valve" was invented by Jose Luis Navia (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Ji-Feng Chen (Lakewood, Ohio) and Qun Zhou (Lakewood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for replacing a native cardiac valve. The native cardiac valve has at least one leaflet and is surrounded by a native cardiac valve annulus having superior and inferior aspects. The apparatus comprises a barbell-shaped, expandable anchoring member including first, second, and main body portions extending between the end...