ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,845, issued on May 27, was assigned to TRULEAF MEDICAL LTD. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Docking elements" was invented by Netanel Benichou (Hof Carmel, Israel), Benjamin Spenser (Hof Carmel, Israel) and Moran Sobol (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described for treating a subject with a diseased atrioventricular valve. A docking element is implanted within the subject's atrium such that no portion of the docking element extends through the subject's atrioventricular valve. The docking becomes anchored to tissue of the atrium at least partially via ingrowth of the tissue of the atrium. The docking eleme...