US Patent Issued to ATRIAL SYSTEMS on March 24 for "Force assessment device and method for lead extraction" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,354, issued on March 24, was assigned to ATRIAL SYSTEMS LLC (Pensacola, Fla.).

"Force assessment device and method for lead extraction" was invented by Sumit Verma (Pensacola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force assessment device and a method for lead extraction are provided. A force gauge is configured to measure a traction force, and a strain gauge that is configured to measure a countertraction force. An interface is communicatively coupled to the force gauge and the strain gauge, and the interface is configured to present data regarding at least one of the traction force and the countertraction force."

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