US Patent Issued to Fayzan Ali on July 8 for "Prosthetic heart valve with a dihedral guard mechanism" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,146, issued on July 8, was assigned to Fayzan Ali (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Prosthetic heart valve with a dihedral guard mechanism" was invented by Fayzan Ali (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Rayan Ali (Saint Louis, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve with a dihedral guard safety mechanism includes a base, three or more leaflets that extend from the base, hinges located at the connection between the base and each leaflet, allowing the leaflet to rotate, a dihedral guard that protrudes out from the inner edge of the base, and a dihedral guard slot on the bottom face of each leaflet that forms a flush connection with the dihedr...