ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,811, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Evalve Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Devices and methods for leaflet cutting" was invented by Richard Thomas Childs (San Francisco), Scott C. Mosher (San Francisco), Lauren Troxler Harvey (Austin, Texas), Koji J. Kizuka (Redwood City, Calif.), Ajitkumar B. Nair (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Laura M. Kalvass (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cutting leaflet tissue at a cardiac valve may comprise a guide catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the guide catheter is steerable to a position above a cardiac valve. The system may also in...