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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
David Rickheim, Bloomington, MN (US);
Scott Kerns, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Daniel Coyle, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A biostimulator transport system, such as a biostimulator retrieval system, having a torque limiter to allow a torque shaft to slip rotationally relative to a handle, is described. The torque limiter can connect the torque shaft to the handle, and can include a slip mechanism, such as a flat spring or apposed clutch faces, that allow the torque shaft to slip relative to the handle when a resistance torque at a distal end of the torque shaft exceeds a torque threshold. Accordingly, torque can be applied to a biostimulator by the torque shaft with a reduced likelihood of over-torqueing the biostimulator within the target tissue. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.