ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,435, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).
"Multielectrode catheter" was invented by Paul J. Coates (Corte Madera, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated member comprising an electrode array including a distal electrode, a proximal electrode proximal to the distal electrode, and at least one intermediate electrode between the proximal and distal electrodes. The at least one intermediate electrode and at least one of the distal electrode or the proximal electrode differ in at least one electrode characteristic by at least a predetermined ...