US Patent Issued to Pipeline Medical Technologies on July 15 for "Method and apparatus for transvascular implantation of neo chordae tendinae" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,462, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pipeline Medical Technologies Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Method and apparatus for transvascular implantation of neo chordae tendinae" was invented by Gordon B. Bishop (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Randall T. Lashinski (Windsor, Calif.) and Erik Griswold (Penngrove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium, through the mitral valve, and into the left ventricle. A ventricular anchor is deployed from the catheter and into a wall of the left ventricle, leaving a ventricular sutu...