ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,234, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to EVALVE INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Cardiac implant delivery system" was invented by Santosh V. Prabhu (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to delivery systems for delivering and deploying interventional devices to a targeted area within a body, such as delivering a replacement heart valve to a targeted heart valve. A delivery device includes a steerable catheter and a replacement valve delivery system positioned within the steerable catheter and configured to be translatable within the steerable catheter. The steerable catheter includes one or more c...