ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,141, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Catheter with bipole electrode spacer and related methods" was invented by Vishav Manak Singh Aujla (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrophysiology catheter constructed with assembly and wiring of ring electrodes using spacer rings of electrically-nonconductive material, whose length is predetermined/premeasured, includes a distal section with at least one spine having two electrodes, and a spacer member therebetween, wherein the spacer member configured to provide a separation gap between the two electrodes. The separatio...