ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,615, issued on April 15, was assigned to Tendyne Holdings Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Epicardial anchor devices and methods" was invented by Robert M. Vidlund (Forest Lake, Minn.), Mark Christianson (Plymouth, Minn.) and Craig Ekvall (East Bethel, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described herein for anchoring a prosthetic heart valve. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a tether attachment member that includes a base member that defines at least a portion of a tether passageway through which a portion of a tether extending from a prosthetic heart valve can be received therethrough. The base member de...