ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,223, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Valve leaflet resection device" was invented by Jonathan Primeaux (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Matthew Genovese (Windsor, Calif.) and William Chang (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaflet resection device includes a first jaw, a second jaw pivotably connected to the first jaw, a first linkage assembly coupled to the first jaw, and a second linkage assembly coupled to the second jaw. The second linkage assembly includes a first resection blade and a second resection blade that are configured to cut a leaflet of a native heart valve or a previously imp...