ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,156, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sheba Impact Ltd. (Ramat Gan, Israel).
"Atrioventricular valve repair" was invented by Ehud Raanani (Hod Hasharon, Israel) and Boris Orlov (Rishon Letzion, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described for use with an annuloplasty ring (20), and an atrioventricular valve of a heart of a mammalian subject, the atrioventricular valve including a valve annulus, valve leaflets, chords, and papillary muscles. A plurality of chord-manipulation arms (26) are configured to be deployed among the chords of the atrioventricular valve, and to cause a size of the valve annulus to dec...