ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,880, issued on March 17, was assigned to AFFERA INC. (Newton, Mass.).

"Systems for cardiac ablation and associated methods" was invented by Doron Harlev (Watertown, Mass.) and Paul B. Hultz (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for treating cardiac arrhythmia are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein deliver interrogating energy to tissue at a position on a wall of an anatomical structure of a patient. If the devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein detect a change in electrical activity of the anatomical structure in response to the inter...