Medtronic, Inc.

Philip C Leung

James Mitchell

Kshitija P Garde

David E Bryant

Justin Peterson

William J Morris

Wolfgang Muenscher

Victoria Ung

Douglas A Erwin

Karl L Olney

Jamie P Newberry

Veronica Woen

Priyanka Ganesh

Nirav P Patel

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing protection of at least one tissue layer of a medical device or implant during crimping of the medical device or implant. In various embodiments, an implant tissue protection tool may include an outer portion configured to surround one or more outer segments of at least one tissue layer of a medical device to be implanted into a body of a subject and at least one protrusion (which may be affixed to a surface of the outer portion) configured to minimize or prevent occurrence (or likelihood of occurrence) of the at least one tissue layer (in some cases, leaflet material, or the like) of the medical device passing through at least one opening defined by a frame structure of the medical device during crimping of the medical device by a crimping device in preparation for implantation into the body of the subject.

Implant tissue protection tool

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Midway City, CA, United States of America

Philip C Leung