ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,076, issued on May 26, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Israel).
"Catheter with composite construction" was invented by Jeffrey W. Schultz (Chino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter has a composite and segmented construction in a distal section that includes deflectable members and support member arranged in alternating sequence, with each support member carrying a ring electrode and the deflectable members being flexible to allow deflection of the distal section as a whole. Carried on an outer surface of the support member is a coil location sensor. The distal section is configured with a distal irrigatio...