ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,333, issued on April 29, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).
"Prosthetic heart valve having identifiers for aiding in radiographic positioning" was invented by Yossi Tuval (Netanya, Israel) and Raphael Benary (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve having identifiers for aiding in radiographic positioning is described."
The patent was filed on May 4, 2021, under Application No. 17/307,036.
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