ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,632, issued on June 3, was assigned to EBAMed SA (Geneva).

"Heart arrhythmia non-invasive treatment device and method" was invented by Adriano Garonna (Geneva) and Giovanni Leo (Cologny, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a heart tissue ablation device comprising a charged particle emitting system 1, a control system 2 for instructing the accelerator and beamline when to create the beam and what its required properties should be, a patient positioning and verification system, an ultrasound cardiac imaging system 3 performed on the patient, able to track the target movement, a computer program t...