ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,007, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JC Medical Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).
"Heart valve prosthesis" was invented by Ji Zhang (Burnaby, Canada), Brandon G. Walsh (Kaysville, Utah), Cheng Yong Yang (Foster City, Calif.), Jinhua Zhu (San Francisco) and Dennis McMahon (Windsor, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart valve prosthesis can have a valve anchor with at least one U-shaped member extending about a longitudinal axis of the valve anchor. The U-shaped member can have a peak portion and a base portion. The peak portion can have an engagement structure that allows a surgeon to engage the valve anchor with a delivery device a...