US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on March 31 for "Method of manufacturing a tip electrode of an electrophysiology catheter" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,944, issued on March 31, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Method of manufacturing a tip electrode of an electrophysiology catheter" was invented by Jeffrey William Schultz (Chino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irrigated electrophysiology catheter has a tip electrode having a shell, and a support member configured to plug the shell and support one or more tip components and/or facilitate their functions. Advantageously, the support member has an electrically-conductive interface portion and an insert-molded portion, wherein the interface portion, typically constructed of a precious metal a...