US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on Aug. 19 for "Implantable coaptation assist devices with sensors and associated systems and methods" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,331, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Implantable coaptation assist devices with sensors and associated systems and methods" was invented by Arie Pieter Kappetein (Rotterdam, Netherlands), James I. Fann (Portola Valley, Calif.), Hanson S. Gifford III (Woodside, Calif.), Matthew McLean (San Francisco), Gaurav Krishnamurthy (Mountain View, Calif.) and Neil Zimmerman (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coaptation assist device for repairing cardiac valves and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A coaptation assist device configured in accordance with embodiments of the pre...