ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,417, issued on June 30, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Systems and methods for cylindrical cage mapping and ablation catheters having integrated electrodes" was invented by Juan Rodriguez Soto (Irvine, Calif.), Mohammad Abbas (Orange, Calif.), Babak Ebrahimi (Lake Forest, Calif.), Pieter Emmelius Van Niekerk (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Shubhayu Basu (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes basket catheters comprising a generally cylindrical structure having electrodes attached thereto. The disclosed technology can include a structural unit for an en...