ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,237, issued on April 29, was assigned to Medlumics S.L. (Madrid).

"Systems and methods for optical analysis and lesion prediction using ablation catheters" was invented by Juan Sancho Dura (Madrid), Sara Mas Gomez (Madrid), David Gonzalez (Alcobendas, Spain), Matthieu Duperron (Madrid), Carlos Sanz Moreno (Barajas, Spain), Jorge Jimenez (Atlanta), Alexandre Romoscanu (Geneva) and David Herranz Aragoncillo (Alpedrete, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for performing optical signal analysis and lesion predictions in ablations. A system includes a catheter coupled to a plurality of optical fibe...