US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on June 17 for "Controlling and visualizing rotation and deflection of a 4D ultrasound catheter having multiple shafts" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,575, issued on June 17, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Controlling and visualizing rotation and deflection of a 4D ultrasound catheter having multiple shafts" was invented by Morris Ziv-Ari (Atlit, Israel), Yochai Parchak (Raanana, Israel) and Avigdor Rosenberg (Kiryat Tivon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes: a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient, and first and second position sensors. The shaft includes: (a) an inner shaft, which is configured to be deflected relative to an axis of the shaft, and (b) an outer shaft, which is coupled to a distal tip of the cathet...