ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,434, issued on June 17, was assigned to SHANGHAI MICROPORT EP MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Balloon catheter and electrophysiological system" was invented by Qiancheng Zhao (Shanghai), Bo Liang (Shanghai), Yunzhu Xi (Shanghai), Jiaqiang Jiang (Shanghai) and Yiyong Sun (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon catheter (100) and an electrophysiological system, which aim to improve the operability of accurately monitoring the balloon surface temperature at the surface of a double-layered balloon (110). The balloon catheter (100) comprises a catheter body (130), a double-layered balloon (110), at least one temperature measuring...