US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for tripodic spines forming a spherical basket for improved tissue contact and current delivery" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,263, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Systems and methods for tripodic spines forming a spherical basket for improved tissue contact and current delivery" was invented by Kevin Mark Okarski (Monrovia, Calif.), Keshava Datta (Chino Hills, Calif.), Abubakarr Bah (Irvine, Calif.) and Thanh Nguyen (El Monte, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a medical probe comprising a tubular shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and including a proximal end and a distal end. The medical probe further comprises an expandable basket assembly proximate the dist...