HeartStitch ® Announces Expanded Intellectual Property Portfolio

New Allowance of Heart Valve Suturing Patent Significantly Increases HeartStitch’s International Intellectual Property PortfolioLos Angeles, California—September 7, 2016—HeartStitch® has been granted allowance of several critical new claims by the Japan Patent Office (JPO).  These claims will issue in Japan and are the latest building blocks in HeartStitch’s international strategy for remaining at the forefront of cardiac-device invention, design, and manufacture.    The issuance will directly relate to the HeartStitch® AP, and the suturing of anatomic valves percutaneously.  This