US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on April 29 for "Application of irreversible electroporation (IRE) ablation using catheter with electrode array" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,206, issued on April 29, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Application of irreversible electroporation (IRE) ablation using catheter with electrode array" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel) and Christopher Thomas Beeckler (Brea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes inserting an array of multiple electrodes, fitted at a distal end of a catheter, into a cavity in an organ of a patient. The array is brought into contact with an inner surface of the cavity. An input is received from a user, the input specifying one or more tissue segments...