ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,702, issued on June 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Ultrasonic catheter" was invented by Donald Masters (Sylmar, Calif.) and Jesus Andres Lopez (Bloomington, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic catheter is disclosed. The ultrasonic catheter comprises a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) based Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (pMUT) array disposed within a distal end of a body. The ultrasonic catheter further comprises a plurality of electronic flex circuits, connected at one end to a handle connector and at other end to a first layer of AIC. The handle connector pa...