A hoisting device comprising: a roller gripper housing having a longitudinal axis: a cage member having a plurality of roller gripper element openings disposed therein; a base member having an exterior surface and an elongate length extending between a proximal and a distal end, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface defines at least one wedge surface that tapers inwardly as the wedge surface moves toward the proximal end of the base member; at least one polar array of roller gripper elements disposed in cooperative communication with the plurality of roller gripper element openings and at least a portion of the at least one wedge surface, a hoisting cable eye; a bearing assembly operably disposed between the hoisting cable eye and the roller gripper housing ; and a seal assembly disposed between the roller gripper housing and the bearing assembly; wherein, the plurality of roller gripper elements are configured to be urged axially and radially inwardly, in response to insertion of the device into a drill string component in a first direction, and wherein, with the plurality of roller gripper elements within the drill string component, the at least one wedge surface of the base member is configured to urge the plurality of roller gripper elements axially and radially outward in response to retraction of the device in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby coupling the hoisting device to an inner surface of the drill string component. a roller gripper housing having a longitudinal axis: a cage member having a plurality of roller gripper element openings disposed therein; a base member having an exterior surface and an elongate length extending between a proximal and a distal end, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface defines at least one wedge surface that tapers inwardly as the wedge surface moves toward the proximal end of the base member; at least one polar array of roller gripper elements disposed in cooperative communication with the plurality of roller gripper element openings and at least a portion of the at least one wedge surface, a hoisting cable eye; a bearing assembly operably disposed between the hoisting cable eye and the roller gripper housing ; and a seal assembly disposed between the roller gripper housing and the bearing assembly; a cage member having a plurality of roller gripper element openings disposed therein; a base member having an exterior surface and an elongate length extending between a proximal and a distal end, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface defines at least one wedge surface that tapers inwardly as the wedge surface moves toward the proximal end of the base member; at least one polar array of roller gripper elements disposed in cooperative communication with the plurality of roller gripper element openings and at least a portion of the at least one wedge surface, a hoisting cable eye; a bearing assembly operably disposed between the hoisting cable eye and the roller gripper housing ; and a seal assembly disposed between the roller gripper housing and the bearing assembly; wherein, the plurality of roller gripper elements are configured to be urged axially and radially inwardly, in response to insertion of the device into a drill string component in a first direction, and wherein, with the plurality of roller gripper elements within the drill string component, the at least one wedge surface of the base member is configured to urge the plurality of roller gripper elements axially and radially outward in response to retraction of the device in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby coupling the hoisting device to an inner surface of the drill string component. <EOS>