US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Feb. 3 for "Electrode basket having high-density circumferential band of electrodes" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,169, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Electrode basket having high-density circumferential band of electrodes" was invented by Eric Olson (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an electrode basket for a catheter system. The electrode basket includes a proximal end and a distal end. A longitudinal axis of the electrode basket extends longitudinally through the proximal end and the distal end. The electrode basket also includes a plurality of splines extending from the proximal end to the distal end, each spline including a proximal portion exten...