ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,003, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Sheba Impact Ltd. (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
"Prosthetic mitral valve" was invented by Boris Orlov (Haifa, Israel) and Ehud Raanani (Hod-HaSharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described herein including an expandable prosthetic mitral valve device that includes a first component configured to be deployed in a left atrium of the subject and a second component configured to be deployed in a left ventricle of the subject. At least one approximating component approximates the first and second components with respect to each other, such that, when the first and said seco...