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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000784199-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2022-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:01:23.516322+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CryoLife rebrands as Artivion; ticker changes to AORT from CRY effective Jan 24

## Summary
- Company renamed from CryoLife, Inc. to Artivion, Inc., effective January 18, 2022.
- NYSE ticker changes from CRY to AORT, effective January 24, 2022.
- Name reflects strategic focus on aortic disease; press release issued January 18, 2022.
- Investor & Analyst Day scheduled for March 23, 2022 in New York City.
- No changes to stockholder rights or other charter provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000784199-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419922000014/0000784199-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419922000014/cry-20220118x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-22-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-22-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-22-000014.txt

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