US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division on July 8 for "Electrophysiology laboratory system for use with magnetic resonance imaging systems" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,055, issued on July 8, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Electrophysiology laboratory system for use with magnetic resonance imaging systems" was invented by D. Curtis Deno (Andover, Minn.) and Jeffrey A. Schweitzer (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrophysiological laboratory system comprises a subsystem configured to perform diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions, a medical device, and an interface module disposed therebetween. The medical device comprises a shaft having proximal and distal portions, high- and low-impedance electrical pathways disposed within...