ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,672, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Basket catheter with combination of spine structures" was invented by Paul Suarez (La Crescenta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basket catheter having an end effector with multiple spines can be constructed with a combination of manufacturing techniques including at least two of the following techniques: individual spines, a loop with two spines, a cut sheet, and a cut tube. A cut sheet or a cut tube can be formed to include a distal hub that has openings through which spines of one or more additional structure can pass through so that t...