Biostimulator having fixation element

• Main Authors: Lee, Stephen, Paspa, Paul, Luhrs, Thomas Robert, Eby, Thomas B, Mar, Craig E, Boling, Carl Lance, Orts, Sondra, Fishler, Matthew G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2021
• Subjects: ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a fixation element to engage tissue and one or more backstop elements to resist back-out from the tissue, is described. The fixation element can be mounted on a housing of the biostimulator such that a helix of the fixation element ext...