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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2020
Applicants:

Foldax, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Garrett Johnson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Jason G. Beith, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Marek Lhotak, Irvine, CA (US);

Praveen De Silva, Irvine, CA (US);

Peter Millson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Francis P. Maguire, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Morteza Gharib, Altadena, CA (US);

Assignees:

Foldax, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2005.12); A61L 27/18 (2005.12); C08G 18/61 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2012.12); A61F 2/2415 (2012.12); A61L 27/18 (2012.12); C08G 18/61 (2012.12); A61F 2240/004 (2012.12); A61L 2430/20 (2012.12);
Abstract

Improved prosthetic valves, their methods of manufacture, and systems and devices for manufacturing the valves are described. The prosthetic valves can be configured for transcatheter implantation. The prosthetic valves can have artificial leaflets. The prosthetic valves can be manufactured in numerous ways, such as by polymeric dipping processes and/or electrospinning. Sponge-like polymers for valves and other medical devices are also disclosed.


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