US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Nov. 11 for "Guiding sheath with distal tip locator" (California, Wisconsin, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,268, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Guiding sheath with distal tip locator" was invented by Debby Highsmith (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Paul Suarez (La Crescenta, Calif.), Brandon Tran (Madison, Wis.), Tara Gomez-Hampton (Pasadena, Calif.) and Elijah Li (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guiding sheath has a hemostatic valve and a central lumen into which a diagnostic or treatment catheter can be introduced and guided into a patient. The hemostatic valve also includes an electrically conducting element or proximity sensing element on its proximal end that interacts with a...