US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 13 for "High density mapping catheter for cryoballoon ablation" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,647, issued on May 13, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"High density mapping catheter for cryoballoon ablation" was invented by Eugene J. Jung (San Diego), Steven A. Kubow (Encinitas, Calif.), Rachel Lynn Troutman (Rochester, Minn.) and Christopher Alan Fuhs (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mapping catheter comprises a flexible shaft having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and an expandable mapping element attached to the distal end of the shaft. The expandable mapping element is configured to self-expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The ex...