Patent ID: 8099851

Claim:
A crimping system comprising: a crimper including at least one crimping head, the at least one crimping head comprising a plurality of radially moveable contracting members, the plurality of contracting members defining a diameter reduction chamber, the chamber having a length and a longitudinal axis, the chamber having a reduced diameter configuration and a pre-reduction diameter configuration, each member having a length, the length of each member corresponding to the length of the chamber, in both the reduced diameter configuration and the pre-reduction diameter configuration each member being positioned a distance from the longitudinal axis, wherein a first region of the length of each member is a greater distance from the longitudinal axis than a second region of the length of each member, a heat source for operatively heating the first region of at least one of the plurality of moveable contracting members, and a coolant for operatively cooling the second region of the at least one of the plurality of moveable contracting members while the heat source operatively heats the first region.