US Patent Issued to JenaValve Technology on Oct. 21 for "Prosthetic heart valve and transcatheter delivered endoprosthesis comprising a prosthetic heart valve and a stent" (Canadian, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,015, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JenaValve Technology Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Prosthetic heart valve and transcatheter delivered endoprosthesis comprising a prosthetic heart valve and a stent" was invented by Michael J. Girard (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Randy Lane (Iangley, Canada) and Arnulf Mayer (Markt Schwaben, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a prosthetic heart valve (100) for an endoprosthesis (1) used in the treatment of a stenotic cardiac valve and/or a cardiac valve insufficiency. The prosthetic heart valve (100) comprises of a plurality of leaflets (102), which consist of a natural and/or syn...