US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 3 for "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for delivery of pulsed electric field ablative energy to endocardial tissue" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,130, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems, apparatuses, and methods for delivery of pulsed electric field ablative energy to endocardial tissue" was invented by Raju Viswanathan (Mountain View, Calif.), Gary L. Long (Cincinnati), Jean-Luc Pageard (Montreal) and Benoit Thibault (Coteau-du-Lac, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed herein, including an inflatable member for positioning an ablation device within a pulmonary vein ostium. An apparatus can include first and second shafts moveable relativ...