ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,018, issued on April 7, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Method and system for assisting a user in guiding a catheter during a cardial operation" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining electrical information from a plurality of electrodes disposed on a distal end assembly of a catheter within a heart of a patient as the catheter is being maneuvered within the heart; dynamically identifying a portion of the distal end assembly that is displaced from tissue wall of the heart, based upo...