ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,341, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Polares Medical Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for anchoring an implant" was invented by Alexander K. Khairkhahan (Palo Alto, Calif.), Michael D. Lesh (Mill Valley, Calif.), Alan R. Klenk (San Jose, Calif.), Craig Mar (Fremont, Calif.), Danielle Tene (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Zaya Tun (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates in some aspects to a device for use in anchoring an implant, including anchors, sutures, implants, clips, tools, lassos, and methods of anchoring among other methods. Anchors as disclosed herein could be utilized to secure a coapta...