US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Aug. 26 for "Determining shape of expandable distal member of a catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,789, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Determining shape of expandable distal member of a catheter" was invented by Matthew Hitzeroth (Irwindale, Calif.), Meiron Atias (Irwindale, Calif.) and Curt Eyster (Irwindale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter and associated positioning system can include sensors and software to ascertain the extent of expansion of an expandable distal member of the catheter. Sensors on the distal member can be configured so that the system is able to determine a longitudinal dimension and a radial dimension of the distal-end assembly and determ...