US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Feb. 24 for "Balloon catheter having ablation and return electrodes" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,154, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Balloon catheter having ablation and return electrodes" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Christopher Thomas Beeckler (Brea, Calif.), Joseph Thomas Keyes (Sierra Madre, Calif.) and Kevin Justin Herrera (West Covina, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes an expandable frame for insertion into an organ of a patient, one or more first electrodes, and a second electrode. The one or more first electrodes are disposed on the expandable frame at one or more first positions for placing in contact with a target tissue of ...