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US 2021/0259799 A1Published application
Apparatus for preventing device deployment failure
AssigneeNeoTract, Inc.
InventorsKevin Alexander Lessard, Christopher Zaler, Jolene Cutts, Alexander Charles Gordon, Maheshwara Rao, Mitchell C. Barham
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Abstract
An apparatus for preventing deployment failure or damage of a movable portion of a treatment device via a force limiting element in the treatment device.
Claims20
An apparatus for mitigating damage to a treatment device, comprising:
- a treatment tool coupled to a movable assembly at a proximal portion of the treatment tool;
- a force limiting element connected to the proximal portion of the treatment tool and connected to the movable assembly;
- wherein the force limiting element allows movement of the proximal portion of the treatment tool in a proximal direction with respect to the movable assembly while maintaining the coupling between the movable assembly and the proximal portion of the treatment tool when forces experienced by the treatment tool increase to a predetermined amount of force.
An apparatus for reducing the likelihood of damage to a treatment device comprising:
- a treatment tool advanceable from a treatment device handle;
- and
- a limiting element configured to couple a proximal portion of the treatment tool with the treatment device handle, wherein the limiting element is engaged to allow proximal movement of the proximal portion of the treatment tool when a distal portion of the treatment tool experiences forces above a predetermined amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.