US Patent Issued to Half Moon Medical on March 18 for "Delivery systems for cardiac valve devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,308, issued on March 18, was assigned to Half Moon Medical Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Delivery systems for cardiac valve devices" was invented by Matthew McLean (San Francisco), Gaurav Krishnamurthy (Mountain View, Calif.), Hanson S. Gifford III (Woodside, Calif.) and Neil Zimmerman (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivery systems for placing an implantable cardiac device at a native comprising a delivery catheter and an attachment assembly. The delivery catheter can include a proximal portion and a distal portion, and the attachment assembly can be at the distal portion of the delivery catheter. The attachment a...