US Patent Issued to OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION on May 13 for "Ablation of myocardial tissues with nanosecond pulsed electric fields" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,652, issued on May 13, was assigned to OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Norfolk, Va.).

"Ablation of myocardial tissues with nanosecond pulsed electric fields" was invented by Christian W. Zemlin (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods for performing ablation of myocardial tissues are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of ablation electrode configurations to which nanosecond pulsed electric fields are applied. The methods relate to therapies to treat cardiac arrhythmias, such as, atrial fibrillation and scar-related ventricular tachycardia, amongst others. The affected myocardial ti...