US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 16 for "Crimping devices and methods" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,707, issued on June 16, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Crimping devices and methods" was invented by Nicholas Brandon Aders (Santa Ana, Calif.), Kristen Hicks (Irvine, Calif.), Gil Senesh (Adi, Israel), Michael R. Bialas (Lake Forest, Calif.), Tung T. Le (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Sean Chow (Irvine, Calif.) and Thanh Huy Le (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for crimping a prosthetic heart valve onto a delivery device are described. In some embodiments, valves are crimped over an inflatable balloon and between proximal and distal shoulders mounted on a shaft inside the ball...