The U.S. Patent Trial and Review Board (PTAB) this week shot down an attempt by Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) to invalidate the patents that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) holds on its MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) device. In a ruling published Thursday, the PTAB said Edwards failed to show that it would prevail in with at least one […]
MitraClip
Abbott’s MitraClip can be implanted through the jugular vein, too
A Canadian cardiologist has successfully inserted Abbott Labs’s MitraClip through the jugular vein instead of the femoral vein, according to a recent report. Dr. Neil Fam inserted the Abbott Laboratories device into an 86-year old patient with severe mitral regurgitation. Because of the patient’s age, traditional surgery to repair her mitral valve was not an […]