US 11,701,197 B2
Apparatus for preventing device deployment failure
Kevin Alexander Lessard, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Zaler, Los Gatos, CA (US); Jolene Cutts, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Charles Gordon, San Carlos, CA (US); Maheshwara Rao, Oakland, CA (US); and Mitchell C. Barham, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, Valletta (MT)
Filed by Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, Valletta (MT)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/178,679.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,903, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259799 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/03 (2016.02) [A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. 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 a proximal end portion of the limiting element is connected to and contacts the proximal portion of the treatment tool and a distal end portion of the limiting element is connected to the treatment device handle, wherein the proximal end portion of the limiting element remains in contact with the proximal portion of the treatment tool to allow proximal movement of the proximal portion of the treatment tool with respect to the treatment device handle when a distal portion of the treatment tool experiences forces above a predetermined amount.