US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on July 29 for "Touch indication of balloon-catheter ablation electrode via balloon surface temperature measurement" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,974, issued on July 29, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Touch indication of balloon-catheter ablation electrode via balloon surface temperature measurement" was invented by Eid Adawi (Tur'an, Israel), Iyar Rom (Givat haim ichud, Israel), Nakdimon Nissim Levy (Pardes Hana, Israel), Eliyahu Ravuna (Kiryat Ata, Israel) and Shmuel Auerbach (Kerem Maharal, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes positioning an expandable balloon, coupled to a distal end of a catheter, at a target location within an organ of a patient, the expandable balloon including multiple electrodes and one or more se...