ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,072, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JAPAN LIFELINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Electrode catheter" was invented by Takafumi Watanabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode catheter includes a catheter shaft, an irrigation member, and a distal-end electrode. A female thread is formed on the distal-end electrode. The irrigation member includes a first component having an annular shape, and a second component having an eccentric flow path formed inside a proximal-end part thereof and a male thread formed at a distal-end part thereof, the male thread being screwed to the female thread of the distal-end electrode. With the first co...