US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Methods and apparatus for treatment of atrial fibrillation" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,360, issued on June 17, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatus for treatment of atrial fibrillation" was invented by Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), Ruey-Feng Peh (Singapore), Edmund Tam (Mountain View, Calif.) and Christopher A. Rothe (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulation assembly comprises: a delivery catheter having a lumen extending therethrough; and a deployment catheter positioned within the lumen of the delivery catheter. The delivery catheter is manipulatable within multiple planes. The deployment catheter is independently manipulatable with r...