US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on July 22 for "Atrial stretch measurement for atrial fibrillation prevention" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,398, issued on July 22, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Atrial stretch measurement for atrial fibrillation prevention" was invented by Gregory Bak-Boychuk (San Clemente, Calif.) and Stanton J. Rowe (Newport Coast, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretch-measurement probe includes an elongate outer sleeve, expansion feature associated with a distal portion of the outer sleeve, and an elongate inner rod disposed at least partially within the outer sleeve. The expansion feature is configured to allow a longitudinal distance between a proximal end of the outer sleeve and the distal end of the outer s...