ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,800, issued on June 24, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Impedance-based ablation index for ire" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel) and Lilah Marziano (Ganey-Tikva, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus includes a probe, which includes an insertion tube configured for insertion into a body cavity of a patient, and a distal assembly, which is connected distally to the insertion tube and includes a plurality of electrodes, which are configured to contact tissue within the body cavity. The apparatus further includes an electrical sign...