US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Feb. 24 for "Loop configuration for cardiac catheter end effector" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,013, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Loop configuration for cardiac catheter end effector" was invented by Kaela Wong (Miami) and Pieter E. Van Niekerk (Monrovia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for electrophysiology includes a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis to a distal end and an end effector coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes a first loop member disposed on a first side of the longitudinal axis, a second loop member disposed on a second side of the longitudinal axis, and a third loop member. The third loop member include...