US Patent Issued to Beluga Medical on Sept. 8 for "Intracardiac echocardiography catheters, systems, and methods of use and manufacture" (Washington, California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,853, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Beluga Medical Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Intracardiac echocardiography catheters, systems, and methods of use and manufacture" was invented by Alan Schaer (San Jose, Calif.), Todor Jeliaskov (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Jerry Hopple (Seebeck, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology includes intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) systems and methods for enabling physicians to visualize heart anatomy and structure from within a patient's heart. For example, some embodiments described herein include ICE catheters with constructions for improved performance and ease of use. As another ex...