US Patent Issued to TRICARES on June 24 for "Stent and replacement heart valve prosthesis with improved fixation features" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,905, issued on June 24, was assigned to TRICARES SAS (Paris).

"Stent and replacement heart valve prosthesis with improved fixation features" was invented by Georg Rahmig (Pforzheim, Germany), Helmut Straubinger (Aschheim, Germany) and Coralie Marchand (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an improved stent and a related replacement heart valve prosthesis exhibiting various features for improved fixation and crush resistance. The stent is characterized by an inner stent fixed to an outer stent with connecting struts. The stent and heart valve prosthesis can be used for replacement of a defective endogenous heart valve."...