{
  "patent_number": "US 12734030",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "A New Heart Valve That Replaces Old Ones Without Open Surgery",
  "original_title": "Prosthetic heart valve devices and associated systems and methods",
  "summary": "This patent describes a prosthetic heart valve that can be inserted without major surgery, using an expandable support and special arms to hold it in place within the heart.",
  "what_it_does": "This technology describes a prosthetic heart valve designed for percutaneous replacement, meaning it's inserted through a small incision rather than open-heart surgery. The device includes an expandable support that fits between the natural valve's leaflets. Crucially, it features multiple asymmetrically arranged arms. These arms are designed to securely hold the native valve's leaflets between themselves and the outer surface of the expandable support. Some versions of these arms also have tip portions that engage the subannular surface of the native valve, providing extra stability.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover heart valve replacements requiring traditional open-heart surgery, as it specifically focuses on percutaneous methods.",
    "Does not cover prosthetic valves that lack asymmetrically arranged arms for securing native valve leaflets.",
    "Does not cover devices that do not engage the subannular surface of the native valve with tip portions, if that specific engagement is absent.",
    "Does not cover prosthetic valves that are not expandable or do not use an expandable support structure.",
    "Does not cover non-valve cardiac implants, such as stents for arteries or pacemakers."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-07-02",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "biotech",
    "medical_devices",
    "cardiology",
    "minimally_invasive_surgery"
  ],
  "abstract": "Prosthetic heart valve devices for percutaneous replacement of native heart valves and associated systems and method are disclosed herein. A prosthetic heart valve device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an expandable support having an outer surface and configured for placement between leaflets of the native valve. The device can also include a plurality of asymmetrically arranged arms coupled to the expandable support and configured to receive the leaflets of the native valve between the arms and the outer surface. In some embodiments, the arms can include tip portions for engaging a subannular surface of the native valve.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734030/prosthetic-heart-valve-devices-and-associated-systems-and-methods",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734030/prosthetic-heart-valve-devices-and-associated-systems-and-methods/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12734030",
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