Edwards’ Heart Valve Clips Targeted by Cardiovalve Patent Suit

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s catheter-based heart valve clips infringe a patent for a prosthetic support used to repair leaky heart valves, two Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc. units said in a federal lawsuit.

Edwards’ PASCAL Precision Transcatheter Valve Repair System, including the PASCAL and PASCAL Ace implants, infringe US Patent No. 10,702,385, Cardiovalve Ltd. and MTH IP LP said in a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

The PASCAL system treats leaky mitral and tricuspid heart valves by independently grasping and clipping valve leaflets to create a “double-orifice” configuration, a technique the complaint said ...