Patent ID: 6840081
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimping assembly comprising: a plurality of spaced apart moving elements, each element having a first side and a second side joining at a tip, wherein the space between adjacent elements extends along the length of the first and second sides and the first side includes a substantially linear region, wherein the substantially linear region forms a crimping surface throughout a crimping process, the tip being spaced from the first side of an adjacent moving element and more adjacent to the first side of the adjacent element than the second side of the adjacent element, the first side of the moving element forming an acute angle with the first side of the adjacent moving element, the moving elements arranged relative to each other such that the substantially linear regions of the first sides form an opening having a center and a polygonal shape; and each moving element being configured for non-radial movement relative to the center of the opening, wherein the moving elements are associated with a first disk and a second disk, the disks configured for rotational movement relative to each other, whereby, as one of the first and second disks rotates, the tip of each moving element moves toward the center of the opening.