ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,975, issued on July 29, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Balloon catheter with force sensor" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Christopher Thomas Beeckler (Brea, Calif.), Joseph Thomas Keyes (Sierra Madre, Calif.) and Kevin Justin Herrera (West Covina, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system includes a balloon catheter configured to be inserted into a body-part of a living subject, the balloon catheter comprising an insertion tube having a distal tip, a force sensor connected to the distal tip, and an inflatable balloon including a proximal portion connected to t...