ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,141, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).
"Thin film mapping catheter" was invented by Benjamin K. Yaffe (South San Francisco, Calif.), Bo Lu (South San Francisco, Calif.), Annapurna Karicherla (South San Francisco, Calif.), Ken Rys (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Ohseung Kwon (South San Francisco, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to mapping catheters, and in particular to mapping catheters having thin film electrodes used in sensing electrical activity within a patient. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical device having a holl...