US Patent Issued to TAU MEDICAL, THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATAION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION on April 22 for "RF ablation catheter for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and method of treating hypertrophic cardiomyopahty by using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,810, issued on April 22, was assigned to TAU MEDICAL INC. (South Korea), THE ASAN FOUNDATION (South Korea) and UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATAION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION (South Korea).

"RF ablation catheter for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and method of treating hypertrophic cardiomyopahty by using same" was invented by June Hong Kim (Busan, South Korea), Gi-Byoung Nam (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyone Peter Park (Yangsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RF catheter for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy includes: a body part constituting a catheter body made of a flexible and soft material; and an intraseptal inser...