US Patent Issued to Emory University on Oct. 7 for "Systems, devices, and methods for reducing heart valve regurgitation" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,749, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Systems, devices, and methods for reducing heart valve regurgitation" was invented by Sai Muralidhar Padala (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to an implant delivery system for delivering an implant for reducing heart valve regurgitation. The implant delivery system may include an implant catheter disposed in an inner lumen of a guide catheter. The implant catheter may include one or more hypotubes disposed therein, each hypotube configured to receive an elongate member such as a braided tether. A distal end of the implant cath...