ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,650, issued on May 13, was assigned to SYMAP MEDICAL (SUZHOU) LTD (Suzhou, China).

"Device for mapping and ablating renal nerves distributed on the renal artery" was invented by Jie Wang (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), Chuwu Li (Chengdu, China), Bo Zou (Sichuan, China) and Jiancong Wang (Sichuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a device for mapping and ablating the renal nerves distributed on the renal artery, said device comprising a guide catheter, a mapping-ablation catheter, a handle and a connector. The guide catheter has at least one lumen and a distal end with adjustable curvature. The mapping-ablation...