US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE, UNIVERSITE PARIS EST CRETEIL VAL DE MARNE, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), CENTRAL NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) on Nov. 4 for "Heart valve implant" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,494, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to UNIVERSITE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE (Compiegne, France), UNIVERSITE PARIS EST CRETEIL VAL DE MARNE (Creitel, France), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) (Paris) and CENTRAL NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris).

"Heart valve implant" was invented by Anne-Virginie Salsac (Choisy-Au-Bac, France), Adrien Laperrousaz (Perrignier, France), Eric Bergoend (Saint Maur des Fosses, France) and Jean-Paul Couetil (Vaucresson, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implant (10) for a heart valve comprising two leaflets...