ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,473, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).
"Valve prosthesis and method for delivery" was invented by Igor Kovalsky (Mounds View, Minn.), Ilia Hariton (Zihron, Israel), Yossi Tuval (Yehuda, Israel) and Nadav Yellin (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heart valve prostheses are provided for replacing a cardiac valve. The heart valve prosthesis includes a self-expanding frame including a first portion and a second portion. In the collapsed configuration, the first portion is positioned adjacent to the second portion. In the expanded configuration, the first portion moves to be positioned within an ...