ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,825, issued on June 24, was assigned to Topera Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Basket style cardiac mapping catheter having a flexible electrode assembly for detection of cardiac rhythm disorders" was invented by Thomas F. Kordis (San Diego), Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Eric T. Johnson (Temecula, Calif.), Darrin J. Kent (Murrieta, Calif.) and Robert Ryan Ragland (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sensing multiple local electric voltages from endocardial surface of a heart, includes: an elongate tubular member having a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of flexible splines; an anchor for se...