US 12,179,030 B2
Biostimulator having coaxial fixation elements
Thomas B. Eby, Mountain View, CA (US); Tyler J. Strang, Valencia, CA (US); Keith Victorine, Valencia, CA (US); and Wesley Alleman, Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Assigned to PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,988.
Application 17/994,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/790,451, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,541,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,482, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,367, filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090496 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37518 (2017.08) [A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biostimulator, comprising:
a housing containing an electronics compartment and including a flange having a longitudinal axis, wherein the flange includes a distal hub including a first threaded segment having first external threads extending about the longitudinal axis over a first circumferential width, a second threaded segment having second external threads extending about the longitudinal axis over a second circumferential width, and an outward surface extending about the longitudinal axis over a third circumferential width between the first circumferential width and the second circumferential width to circumferentially separate the first threaded segment from the second threaded segment; and
a helix mount mounted on the housing, wherein the helix mount includes an inner surface engaging the plurality of interrupted external threads.