US Patent Issued to The Governors of the University of Alberta on Oct. 7 for "Percutaneous prosthetic device for replacing a mitral valve" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,744, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Governors of the University of Alberta (Canada).

"Percutaneous prosthetic device for replacing a mitral valve" was invented by Keysun Alizadehranjbar (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for replacing a mitral valve includes a substantially cylindrically-shaped body having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a waist portion disposed therebetween and having ferromagnetic elements arranged circumferentially, and the top portion, waist portion, and bottom portion defining an aperture extending therethrough for allowing blood flow; and a clamping ring formed of a ferromagnet...