ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,940, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pi-Cardia Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Fracturing calcifications in heart valves" was invented by Erez Golan (Nes Ziona, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for heart valve treatment includes providing a first heart valve treatment member movable along a first shaft portion, providing a second heart valve treatment member movable along a second shaft portion. The first and second heart valve treatment members are movable along the first and second shaft portions, respectively. The first heart valve treatment member is positioned on one side of a heart valve leaflet and the second heart v...