US Patent Issued to BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) on June 10 for "Catheter with improved irrigated tip electrode having two-piece construction, and method of manufacturing therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,621, issued on June 10, was assigned to BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Catheter with improved irrigated tip electrode having two-piece construction, and method of manufacturing therefor" was invented by Jeffrey L. Clark (Castaic, Calif.), Daniel Gonzalez (La Verne, Calif.), John Thompson (San Clemente, Calif.) and Ivan Totten (La Verne, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter has a two-piece tip electrode with a shell and a support structure that are secured to each other by multiple redundant mechanisms in order to reduce the risk of tip detachment during a procedure. The tip electrode includes at least ...