US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG on Feb. 10 for "Method to prevent propagation of irregular electromechanical waves in the myocardium by creating lines of increased tissue conductivity" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,485, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Method to prevent propagation of irregular electromechanical waves in the myocardium by creating lines of increased tissue conductivity" was invented by Constanze Schmidt (Heidelberg, Germany), Stefan Kallenberger (Heidelberg, Germany) and Hugo Katus (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions, methods, and devices for preventing irregular electromechanical waves in the myocardium that lead to pathological conditions as arrhythmia. In particular, the invention relates to compositions and methods...