US Patent Issued to Medlumics on March 4 for "Ablation catheter with a patterned textured active area" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,363, issued on March 4, was assigned to Medlumics S.L. (Madrid).

"Ablation catheter with a patterned textured active area" was invented by Eduardo Margallo Balbas (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices and methods for performing ablation using ablation catheters with one or more patterned and textured active areas. An ablation catheter includes a proximal section, a distal section, and a sheath coupled between the distal section and the proximal section. The distal section includes an active area with a patterned, textured surface that is configured to apply radiofrequency (RF) energy, cryogenic cooling, ...