ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,937, issued on March 11, was assigned to Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd. (Natanya, Israel).
"Sinus-engaging valve fixation member" was invented by Yossi Tuval (Even Yehuda, Israel), Raphael Benary (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Ido Kilemnik (Herzliya, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve prosthesis includes a support and a prosthetic valve coupled to the support. The support includes three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as to define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures and three troughs, each trough disposed between two of the peak complexe...