ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,060, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"System and method for crimping a prosthetic heart valve" was invented by David Maimon (Atlit, Israel), Ron Sharoni (Hadera, Israel), Tamir S. Levi (Zikhron Yaakov, Israel), Emil Karapetian (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Tri D. Tran (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Tung T. Le (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for crimping a radially expandable and collapsible prosthetic valve comprises a crimping loop having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a loop portion extending between the first and second end portions and defini...