ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,955, issued on July 8, was assigned to KARDIUM INC. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Enhanced medical device for use in bodily cavities, for example an atrium" was invented by Fernando Lopes (Richmond, Canada), Saar Moisa (Vancouver, Canada), Jorge Jaramillo (Burnaby, Canada), Douglas Goertzen (New Westminster, Canada), Peter Hawes (New Westminster, Canada), Ashkan Sardari (North Vancouver, Canada) and Aldo Antonio Salvestro (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices allow intravascular or percutaneous mapping, orientation and/or ablation, in bodily cavities or lumens. A device includes elongate members, moveable...