US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on April 7 for "Catheter with serially connected sensing structures and methods of calibration and detection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,402, issued on April 7, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Catheter with serially connected sensing structures and methods of calibration and detection" was invented by Jeffrey L. Clark (Castaic, Calif.), George Kamin (Arcadia, Calif.) and Mark Stanley (Seal Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter is responsive to external and internal magnetic field generators for generating signals representing position and pressure data, with a reduced number of sensing coil leads for minimizing lead breakage and failure. The catheter includes a flexible joint with pressure sensing and position coils...