US Patent Issued to FIELD MEDICAL on June 17 for "Tissue ablation catheter with an insulator between inner and outer electrodes" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,447, issued on June 17, was assigned to FIELD MEDICAL INC. (Dover, Del.).

"Tissue ablation catheter with an insulator between inner and outer electrodes" was invented by Steven Mickelsen (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for tissue ablation with one or more electrodes attached to the inner surface of the catheter body facing the lumen, and one or more electrodes attached to the outer surface. The electrodes are offset from the distal end of the catheter. The material between the inner and outer electrodes is an insulator and may be for example a dielectric with a high dielectric constant. This cath...