US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Sept. 1 for "Automated tool for vein shaving in anatomical map" (Israeli, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,565, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Automated tool for vein shaving in anatomical map" was invented by Natan Sharon Katz (Atlit, Israel), Fady Massarwa (Baka al Gharbiyya, Israel) and Vincent Alexandre Roger (Caluire-et-cuire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated technique for revising an electro-anatomical map generated using a catheter having a plurality of electrodes. A first electro-anatomical map that includes an anatomical structure having a mapped volume with a substantially tubular shape is displayed, and one or more points along medial axis of the mapped vo...