US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Aug. 25 for "Basket catheter distal end feature" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,497, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Basket catheter distal end feature" was invented by Pieter Emmelius Van Niekerk (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), William James Agnew V (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Sean D. Thaler (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Jasson Rodriguez (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter having an end effector with multiple spines forming a basket shape is disclosed herein. The end effector can include spine loops with overlapping extensions at a distal end of the end effector. The end effector can include one or more inflatable members that ...