Patent ID: 7152452
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A61F,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimping assembly comprising: at least two moving-element subassemblies, each subassembly having a pair of moving elements, each moving element having a first side and a second side joining at a tip, the moving-element subassembly adapted for movement wherein the moving elements move relative to each other from a first position with the tips offset from each other by a first distance, to a second position with the tips offset from each other by a second distance different than the first distance and wherein the moving-element subassemblies are arranged relative to each other such that a portion of each moving element from one moving-element subassembly is interposed between a portion of the moving elements of the other moving-element subassemblies; and a movement assembly interfacing with each of the moving-element subassemblies and adapted to move the pairs of moving elements between the first position and the second position.