ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,840, issued on May 13, was assigned to Mitral Valve Technologies Sarl (Nyon, Switzerland).
"Valve docking devices, systems and methods" was invented by Paul A. Spence (Louisville, Ky.) and Landon H. Tompkins (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems, devices and methods associated with the placement of a dock or anchor for a prosthetic valve. The anchor can comprise a plurality of coils adapted to support a valve prosthesis, the plurality of coils including an upper coil, one or more middle coils, and a lower coil. The upper coil can have a larger diameter than the one or more middle coils and the lower c...