US Patent Issued to The Foundry on Feb. 25 for "Modular valve replacement systems and associated devices and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,955, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to The Foundry (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Modular valve replacement systems and associated devices and methods of use" was invented by Hanson S. Gifford III (Menlo Park, Calif.), James I. Fann (Menlo Park, Calif.), Matthew McClean (Menlo Park, Calif.), Gaurav Krishnamurthy (Menlo Park, Calif.), Vrad Levering (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Neil Zimmerman (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to modular valve replacement systems for treating valve-related cardiac disorders. In select embodiments, the modular valve replacement system includes a fixation device and a ...