ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,668, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Medical device with an end effector including connecting hubs and an electrode array" was invented by Cuong Pham (Westminster, Calif.), Helee Mukul Joshi (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Thanh Nguyen (El Monte, Calif.), Keshava Datta (Chino Hills, Calif.) and Isabel Barbero Solte (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a connecting hub used with an end effector of a medical probe. The connecting hub is generally cylindrical in form and defines a hub lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between its terminal ...