Patent ID: 11883293
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, prior to the step of designating, using the computer processor:
assigning a respective index to each of the leaflet-flexibility values, each of the indices representing a respective one of the leaflets and having the leaflet-flexibility value of the respective one of the leaflets;
receiving an intra-group tolerance, the intra-group tolerance representing a maximum allowable difference between the leaflet-flexibility values of any two leaflets in a given leaflet group;
subsequently, determining a maximum number of within-tolerance index groups attainable from the indices, a within-tolerance index group being an index group (i) that includes a number of indices that is equal to the group size value, and (ii) for which the flexibility value of each index in the index group is within the intra-group tolerance with respect to the leaflet-flexibility value of each other index in the index group; and
subsequently, storing the maximum number,, wherein designating at least some of the leaflets of the aggregate into designated leaflet groups comprises designating at least some of the leaflets of the aggregate into designated leaflet groups, such that:
for each of the designated leaflet groups, the flexibility value of each index in the designated index group is within the intra-group tolerance with respect to the leaflet-flexibility value of each other index in the designated index group, and
a total number of the designated index groups is at least half of the stored maximum number.