ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,909, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Evalve Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Tricuspid valve repair system" was invented by Carlos G. Hernandez (San Francisco), Laura M. Kalvass (Mountain View, Calif.), Scott C. Mosher (San Francisco), Santosh V. Prabhu (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Paolo Romitelli (Tivoli, Italy), Lauren G. Troxler (San Francisco) and Dylan T. Van Hoven (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for use in a cardiac valve repair procedure, particularly a tricuspid valve repair procedure. An interventional clip device includes a pair of distal elements rotatably joined to a coupling member, and a pair...