US 11,872,124 B2
Temperature-control during crimping of an implant
Maxim Karalnik, Karmiel (IL); Michael Albitov, Kiryat Ono (IL); Oren Shua, Elishama (IL); Meni Iamberger, Kfar Saba (IL); and Ilia Hariton, Zichron Yaackov (IL)
Assigned to CARDIOVALVE LTD., Or Yehuda (IL)
Filed by CARDIOVALVE LTD., Or Yehuda (IL)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,350.
Application 18/125,350 is a continuation of application No. 16/760,147, granted, now 11,633,277, previously published as PCT/IL2018/051122, filed on Oct. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1800399 (GB), filed on Jan. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293293 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); B21D 39/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2415 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05); A61F 2/9524 (2020.05); A61F 2/9525 (2020.05); B21D 39/048 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49865 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.