US Patent Issued to St. Juse Medical on July 8 for "Delivery and retrieval systems for collapsible/expandable prosthetic heart valves" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,152, issued on July 8, was assigned to St. Juse Medical LLC (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Delivery and retrieval systems for collapsible/expandable prosthetic heart valves" was invented by Yousef F. Alkhatib (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering a collapsible and re-expandable prosthetic heart valve into a patient includes a valve support structure around which the valve is disposed in a collapsed condition. A sheath structure surrounds the collapsed valve, but can be moved relative to the valve to uncover it for expansion at the desired implant site in the patient. The sheath structure may be variously mounted ...