US Patent Issued to Transmural Systems on Oct. 7 for "Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,748, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Transmural Systems LLC (Andover, Mass.).

"Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques" was invented by Nasser Rafiee (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for delivering a prosthesis to a target location in a lumenal system of a patient. At least one tether is secured proximate the target location to serve as a rail, and a prosthesis is advanced along the rail to the target location and secured in place. Exemplary methods and systems provide for repair of the mitral and tricuspid valves, as well as abdominal aortic...