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

Claim 11:
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein determining whether designating the selected index group would reduce the total number of within-tolerance index groups that may be attained from the indices, compared to the maximum number, comprises:
calculating a number of within-tolerance index groups that may be attained from the indices, should the selected index group be designated, by:
(a) selecting a first potential index group from among successive indices, such that:
the first potential index group includes a number of indices equal to the group size, and
the lowest index of the first potential index group is the lowest remaining index;

with regard to the first potential index group:
(b) calculating the group-differential, the group-differential being a difference between (i) the leaflet-flexibility value of the highest index, and (ii) the leaflet-flexibility value of the lowest index;
(c) determining whether the group-differential is greater than, or no greater than, the intra-group tolerance, and responsively:
(d) if the group-differential is no greater than the intra-group tolerance, counting the potential index group as a within-tolerance index group that may be attained from the indices, and
(e) if the group-differential is greater than the intra-group tolerance, not counting the potential index group as a within-tolerance index group that may be attained from the indices;
(f) responsively to the counting the number of successive remaining indices, iteratively:
selectively selecting a successive potential index group including a remaining index, such that:
the successive potential index group includes a number of indices equal to the group size, and
the lowest index of the successive potential index group is the lowest remaining index,

wherein selectively selecting the successive potential index group comprises:
if a preceding potential index group is counted as a within-tolerance index group that may be attained from the indices should the best-matching index group be designated, and the number of successive remaining indices is at least equal to the group size value:
 selecting the successive potential index group, wherein the lowest index of the successive potential index group is immediately succeeding the highest index of the preceding potential index group, and
 repeating, with respect to the successive potential index group, steps b-e,
if the preceding potential index group is not counted as a within-tolerance index group that may be attained from the indices, should the best-matching index group be designated, and the number of successive remaining indices is at least equal to the group size value:
 selecting the successive potential index group, wherein the lowest index of the successive potential index group is immediately succeeding the lowest index of the preceding potential index group, and
 repeating, with respect to the successive potential index group, steps b-e,

until the number of successive remaining indices is less than the group size value;

comparing the number of within-tolerance index groups that may be attained from the indices, should the best-matching index group be designated, to the maximum number of within-tolerance groups; and
responsively to the step of comparing:
if the number of within-tolerance index groups that may be attained from the indices, should the best-matching index group be designated, is no less than the maximum number of within-tolerance groups, determining that the selected index group would not reduce the total number of within-tolerance index groups attainable from the indices, and
if the number of within-tolerance index groups that may be attained from the indices, should the best-matching index group be designated, is less than the maximum number of within-tolerance groups, determining that the selected index group would reduce the total number of within-tolerance index groups attainable from the indices.