US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Nov. 11 for "Ablation catheter tip with flexible electronic circuitry" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,420, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Mo.).

"Ablation catheter tip with flexible electronic circuitry" was invented by Troy T. Tegg (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a high-thermal-sensitivity ablation catheter tip including a thermally-insulative ablation tip insert supporting at least one temperature sensor electrically coupled to a flexible electronic circuit and encapsulated, or essentially encapsulated, by a conductive shell. Also disclosed is a method of controlling the temperature of an ablation...