ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,078, issued on May 26, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Force sensors for basket catheters" was invented by Audrey Vu (Irvine, Calif.), Audrey Claire Goo (Irvine, Calif.), Robert Kato (Irvine, Calif.), Amar Patel (Irvine, Calif.), Thanh Nguyen (El Monte, Calif.), Anand Rao (Irvine, Calif.), Paul Suarez (La Crescenta, Calif.) and Jacob Roseberry (Upland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a medical probe comprising a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular shaft extending along a longitudinal axis. The medical probe further comprises an exp...