US Patent Issued to SHAPE MEMORY MEDICAL on Dec. 30 for "Shape memory polymer foams to seal space around valves" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,127, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SHAPE MEMORY MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Shape memory polymer foams to seal space around valves" was invented by Landon D. Nash (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes individual SMP foams that radially expand fill gaps around a heart valve that may be improperly seated, in an unusual cross section, or has poor apposition against a calcified lesion. Other embodiments are described herein."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/570,492.

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