ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,539, issued on March 24, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).
"Clamshell iris-style crimper for medical devices" was invented by Brian Castelli (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crimper includes a top iris shell defining a top iris channel. The crimper also includes a base iris shell coupled to the top iris shell at a pivot connection, the base iris shell defining a base iris channel. The top iris shell is configured to rotate about the pivot connection relative to the base shell from an open state to a closed state. When in the open state, the base iris channel is exposed for loading the expandable medic...