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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Tomer Saar, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, IL;
Gregory Rinberg, Haifa, IL;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a crimping device for crimping a prosthetic heart valve. The crimping device includes a plurality of crimping jaws circumferentially arranged around a crimping orifice having a central crimping axis, each crimping jaw having an inner crimping wedge. The crimping device also includes a rotating cam wheel adapted to act on the crimping jaws, a stationary outer housing containing the crimping jaws and the cam wheel, and a plurality of guide elements. Each guide element is constrained by fixed grooves in the outer housing for translating the crimping jaws inwardly toward the crimping axis, thereby reducing a size of the crimping orifice. Molded halves are provided for sandwiching the rotating cam wheel, the crimping jaws, and the guide elements.