US Patent Issued to Polares Medical on April 29 for "Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,336, issued on April 29, was assigned to Polares Medical Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation" was invented by Alexander K. Khairkhahan (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for use in the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, specifically a coaptation assistance element for implantation across the valve; a system including the coaptation assistance element and anchors for implantation; a system including the coaptation assistance element and delivery catheter; and a method for transcatheter implantatio...