ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,306, issued on May 6, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Using unipolar configuration for irreversible-electroporation (IRE)" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel) and Yuri Shamis (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulsed field ablation (PFA) system includes a composite electrode, a body-surface electrode, a PFA generator, and a processor. The composite electrode is coupled to a distal end of a catheter configured for insertion into an organ of a patient. The body-surface electrode is configured to be attached to a skin of the patient. The PFA...