ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,491, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Medtronic CryoCath LP (Toronto).
"Treatment device having multifunctional sensing elements and method of use" was invented by Boaz Avitall (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system, and method for treating an area of tissue and evaluating lesion formation and quality. The system may include a medical device having a plurality of mapping electrodes on a treatment element, the plurality of mapping electrodes being configured to record from the area of tissue at least one of unipolar impedance measurements, bipolar impedance measurements, local electrical activity, and pace threshold ...