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

Claim 7:
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein:
assigning the respective index to each of the leaflet-flexibility values comprises arranging the indices in an ordered series in which the indices are ordered according to an order of magnitude of the respective leaflet-flexibility values; and
determining the maximum number comprises iteratively:
counting a number of successive remaining indices, a successive remaining index being defined as an index that (i) has not yet been counted as an index of a within-tolerance index group, and (ii) being positioned later in the ordered series than any index that has already been counted as an index of a within-tolerance index group;
selecting a potential index group from among the successive remaining indices, such that:
a lowest index of a potential index group is the index of the potential index group that has a lowest leaflet-flexibility value of the indices of the potential index group, and a highest index of the potential index group is the index of the potential index group that has a highest leaflet-flexibility value of the indices of the potential index group,
the potential index group includes a number of successive indices equal to the group size, and
the lowest index of the potential index group is the lowest remaining index;

calculating a group-differential of the potential index group, the group-differential being a difference between (i) the leaflet-flexibility value of the highest index of the potential index group, and (ii) the leaflet-flexibility value of the lowest index of the potential index group;
determining whether the group-differential of the potential index group is greater than, or no greater than, the intra-group tolerance, and responsively:
if the group-differential of the potential index group is no greater than the intra-group tolerance, counting the potential index group as a within-tolerance index group, and
if the group-differential of the potential index group is greater than the intra-group tolerance, not counting the potential index group as a within-tolerance index group; and

responsively to (i) the step of counting the potential index group, and (ii) the step of identifying the number of successive remaining indices, selectively selecting a successive potential index group including a 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, 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,
if the preceding potential index group is counted as a within-tolerance index group, and the number of successive remaining indices is less than the group size value, concluding the determining the maximum number,
if the preceding potential index group is not counted as a within-tolerance index group, 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
if the preceding potential index group is not counted as a within-tolerance index group, and no remaining index is identified, concluding the determining the maximum number,

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