US Patent Issued to Ablative Solutions on July 1 for "Intravascular catheter with peri-vascular nerve activity sensors" (Michigan, New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,148, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ablative Solutions Inc. (Wakefield, Mass.).

"Intravascular catheter with peri-vascular nerve activity sensors" was invented by David R. Fischell (Fair Haven, N.J.), Tim A. Fischell (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Vartan Ghazarossian (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Steven Almany (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular nerve activity sensing or measurement includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes (needle guiding elements) which expand with open ends around a central axis to contact the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery ...