US Patent Issued to Polares Medical on May 13 for "Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,845, issued on May 13, 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.), Janine C. Robinson (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Alan R. Klenk (San Jose, Calif.), Anuja Patel (Palo Alto, Calif.), Zaya Tun (Livermore, Calif.), Robert Quintos (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Brett Snyder (Campbell, 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 ...