ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,273, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AFFERA INC. (Newton, Mass.).
"Ablation catheters and related systems and methods" was invented by Doron Harlev (Watertown, Mass.) and Ian Matthew Collier (Watertown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablation catheter having a deformable tip is disclosed herein. In some implementations, the ablation catheter includes a catheter body and a deformable tip secured to the catheter body. In these and other implementations, the catheter body can include a fluid delivery lumen. In these and other implementations, the deformable tip includes one or more valves that are configured to open in respo...