US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on Sept. 30 for "Determination of catheter shape" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,799, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Determination of catheter shape" was invented by Ilan Meir Papini (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for determining a shape of a catheter. The method can include receiving a plurality of impedance measurements from a plurality of electrodes disposed on a flexible tip portion of the catheter. The method can include receiving a magnetic position measurement from a magnetic position sensor disposed on a shaft of the catheter. The method can include determining a relati...