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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

May. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Inventors:

Kimberly A. Miklos, Plymouth, MN (US);

Joseph Walker, Shoreview, MN (US);

Edward J. Maierhofer, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);

Garth Mindermann, Bloomington, MN (US);

Devon N Arnholt, Shoreview, MN (US);

Todd College, Little Canada, MN (US);

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/6885 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spring element for a contact force sensing medical catheter. The spring element includes a first ring, a second ring spaced apart from the first ring, a plurality of struts connecting the first ring to the second ring, and a plurality of interlocking features. The second ring and the first ring are coaxially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the spring element. The plurality of struts is configured to permit elastic, relative axial and radial displacement between the first ring and the second ring. The plurality of interlocking features is configured to limit the relative axial and radial displacement between the first ring and the second ring.


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