US Patent Issued to Cephea Valve Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Valve crimping without an internal support member" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,263, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Cephea Valve Technologies Inc. (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Valve crimping without an internal support member" was invented by Russell Shelton (San Jose, Calif.) and Randolf Von Oepen (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading device for crimping a prosthetic heart valve without an internal support member includes a cone having a cone body with a tapering diameter and defining a lumen therethrough and a cone base extending radially from the cone body. The cone base may couple to a funnel also having a tapering diameter and defining a lumen therethrough. The cone may be coupled to the funn...