US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 28 for "Focal ablation devices with foldable elements, and systems and methods thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,597, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Focal ablation devices with foldable elements, and systems and methods thereof" was invented by Raju Viswanathan (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endocardial catheter comprises an outer shaft having an outer shaft lumen, an inner shaft slidably disposed within the outer shaft lumen, a spline assembly comprising a plurality of flexible splines each having a spline proximal end attached to a distal end of the outer shaft, an opposite spline distal end attached to a distal end of the inner shaft, and an electrode, wherein...