US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Oct. 20 for "Impedance-based navigation of sheath" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,797, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Impedance-based navigation of sheath" was invented by Pieter Emmelius Van Niekerk (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Amar Patel (Irvine, Calif.), Babak Ebrahimi (Lake Forest, Calif.), Juan Rodriguez Soto (Irvine, Calif.), Jamie Henriquez (Irvine, Calif.), Mohammad Abbas (Orange, Calif.) and Danielle Sheppard (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath is presented having an electrically conducting region providing a low impedance path through the sheath wall. The electrically conducting region is configured to conduct electrical curr...