US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on May 27 for "Catheter deflection system with deflection load limiter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,715, issued on May 27, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Catheter deflection system with deflection load limiter" was invented by Ryan Hoitink (Glendale, Calif.), Ricardo Padilla Jr. (Eastvale, Calif.) and Frank H. Truong (El Monte, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a handle, a catheter, extending distally from the handle, an end effector extending distally from the catheter, a deflection assembly, and a load limiting assembly. The deflection assembly is configured to deflect the end effector away from a longitudinal axis of the catheter. The deflection assembly includes an i...