Patent ID: 11872124
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  Y | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for crimping a frame of an implant, the apparatus comprising a crimping assembly, the crimping assembly comprising:
a bath having a floor, and one or more side-walls extending upward from the floor to a side-wall height; and
a crimping mechanism that defines a crimping aperture, the crimping mechanism attached to the bath such that the crimping aperture is disposed within the bath below the side-wall height,, wherein:
the crimping aperture has an open state and a narrowed state,
the crimping mechanism further comprises a handle, the crimping mechanism being actuatable by moving the handle circumferentially around the crimping mechanism, and
actuation of the crimping mechanism transitions the crimping aperture from the open state to the narrowed state.