US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Oct. 21 for "Position-tracking for a balloon catheter" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,311, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Position-tracking for a balloon catheter" was invented by Meir Bar-Tal (Haifa, Israel) and Daniel Osadchy (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes secondary and primary catheters, and a processor. The primary catheter includes shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient, first position sensor disposed on a distal end of the shaft, expandable assembly coupled at the distal end of the shaft, the assembly comprising hollow channel to allow passage of the secondary catheter distally via the assembly, and plurality of secon...