ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,937, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Initiating IRE generation with a ramp" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel) and Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ablating tissue in a subject, including providing a probe, having an electrode, that is inserted into a lumen of the subject, so that the electrode is in proximity to the tissue to be ablated. An immobilizing signal is injected into the subject, via the electrode, that immobilizes the subject. When the subject is immobilized, an ablation signal is injected via the electrode int...