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Electrode fixing sleeve with visual force indicator

US11083901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Daniel DOHMEN · Berlin, DE
Alexander Borck · Königs Wusterhausen, DE
Gernot Kolberg · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2001/0582
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing device for fixing a longitudinally extended element, having a fixing sleeve that surrounds a lumen extended in an axial direction for receiving the longitudinally extended element, the fixing sleeve having an inner side defining the lumen and an outer side facing away from the inner side, the fixing sleeve being embodied for fixing the fixing sleeve on the longitudinally extended element to be subjected to compression in the radial direction of the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element. The fixing device has an indicator device that is embodied to visually indicate when a force applied to the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element for compressing the fixing sleeve attains or exceeds a threshold.

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