US Patent Issued to Twelve on April 15 for "Crimping device for loading stents and prosthetic heart valves" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,632, issued on April 15, was assigned to Twelve Inc..

"Crimping device for loading stents and prosthetic heart valves" was invented by Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.) and David Trask (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and devices for crimping a medical device and associated methods are disclosed herein. A crimping device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a frame including a stationary plate, a movable member, and a plurality of blades arranged to form a channel and each including a pin that projects through a slot on the movable member and a correspond...