ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,946, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Systems and methods for a single spiral electrode assembly 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 including a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The tubular shaft can extend along a longitudinal axis. The medical probe can include an expandable basket as...