US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on March 17 for "Catheter with multi-functional control handle having linear mechanism" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,243, issued on March 17, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Catheter with multi-functional control handle having linear mechanism" was invented by Jeffrey William Schultz (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for use in a patient's heart, especially for mapping a tubular region of the heart, has a catheter body, a deflectable intermediate section and a distal a mapping assembly that has a generally circular portion adapted to sit on or in a tubular region of the heart. A control handle of the catheter allows for single-handed manipulation of various control mechanisms that can def...