ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,458, issued on July 15, was assigned to JENSCARE SCIENTIFIC Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Stepwise-clamping type valve prosthesis and delivery system thereof" was invented by Shiwen Lv (Ningbo, China), Yibin Li (Ningbo, China), Zhi Chen (Ningbo, China) and Kan Lu (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a stepwise-clamping type valve prosthesis including a frame body and a clamping member. The frame body has a channel allowing blood to flow therethrough. The clamping member includes a first clamping member and a second clamping member. One end of the first clamping member is connected to the fra...