ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,272, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Precise irrigation rate for ablation catheter" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one exemplary mode, a system includes a progressive cavity pump (PCP) comprising a housing, a rotor, a stator, and ports, one port being configured to be connected to an irrigation reservoir, an ablation catheter comprising at least one ablation electrode, at least one irrigation hole, and an irrigation channel having a distal end connected to the irrigation hole(s), and a proximal end configured to be connected to anothe...