ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,271, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AFFERA INC. (Newton, Mass.).
"Catheter with mapping and ablating tip assembly" was invented by Doron Harlev (Brookline, Mass.), Ian Collier (Newton, Mass.), Andrew Miles Wallace (Needham, Mass.) and Jonathan Matthew Bond (Melrose, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ablation systems of the present disclosure facilitate the safe formation of wide and deep lesions. For example, ablation systems of the present disclosure can allow for the flow of irrigation fluid and blood through an expandable ablation electrode, resulting in efficient and effective cooling of the ablation electrode as the ablat...