ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,973, issued on March 25, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"Balloon ablation catheter system and method of controlling same" was invented by Kota Tsukamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablation catheter system includes: a catheter shaft; a balloon attached to the catheter shaft; a lumen extending through the catheter shaft in a longitudinal direction thereof and communicating with the interior of the balloon; a heating electrode and a temperature sensor provided in the interior of the balloon; a heater that applies electrical energy to the heating electrode; a pressure sensor; a balloon volume sensor; and a ...