US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on March 4 for "Printed proximal electrodes of an expandable catheter for use as a common electrode" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,364, issued on March 4, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Printed proximal electrodes of an expandable catheter for use as a common electrode" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel), Christopher Thomas Beeckler (Brea, Calif.), Joseph Thomas Keyes (Sierra Madre, Calif.) and Kevin Justin Herrera (West Covina, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes a shaft, an expandable frame, a first set of electrodes, and a second set of electrodes. The shaft is configured for insertion into an organ of a patient. The expandable frame is fitted at a dist...