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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Varun Bansal, Plymouth, MN (US);
Bradley C. Knippel, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Ryan Cerepak, Champlin, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1038 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a medical device () comprising a friction member () configured to assist in controlling and/or limiting unintentional and/or undesirable movement between two releasably secured components () of the medical device. The releasably secured components may be part of a resistance assembly for holding a medical device actuator () in a particular position and/or to improve the ease of which the activator moves into one position versus another position.