US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on May 27 for "Leaflet attachment to prosthetic heart valve" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,848, issued on May 27, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Leaflet attachment to prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Brandon Moore (St. Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending from an inflow end to an outflow end. The stent has a commissure attachment feature between the inflow end and the outflow end. The commissure attachment feature has a frame defining an opening. The valve further includes a skirt coupled to the frame of the commissure attachment feature, and at least two leaflets coupled to the skirt. Each leaflet is coupl...