US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on March 4 for "Balloon catheter with diagnostic electrodes, far field detection electrodes, and guidewire" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,465, issued on March 4, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Balloon catheter with diagnostic electrodes, far field detection electrodes, and guidewire" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel) and Vadim Gliner (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus includes a shaft, an expandable frame, a membrane, a diagnostic electrode, a reference electrode, and a processor. The shaft is configured for insertion into an organ of a patient. The expandable frame is coupled to a distal end of the shaft. The diagnostic electrode, which is disposed on an external surface of the expandable fr...