US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on Sept. 8 for "Ablation and mapping with a singular multi-electrode catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,937, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Ablation and mapping with a singular multi-electrode catheter" was invented by Pieter Van Niekerk (Monrovia, Calif.), Jamie Henriquez (Pasadena, Calif.) and Cesar Fuentes-Ortega (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter can include circuitry that can toggle between a mapping state and an ablation state. In the mapping state the circuitry can connect the catheter to a mapping system so that the catheter can measure electrical signals from multiple independent electrodes on an end effector of the catheter. In the ablation state ...