ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,202, issued on Dec. 16.
"Crimping device" was invented by Tomer Saar (Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel) and Gregory Rinberg (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a crimping device for crimping a prosthetic heart valve. The crimping device includes a plurality of crimping jaws circumferentially arranged around a crimping orifice having a central crimping axis, each crimping jaw having an inner crimping wedge. The crimping device also includes a rotating cam wheel adapted to act on the crimping jaws, a stationary outer housing containing the crimping jaws and the cam wheel, and a plurality of guide elements. Each...