US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on May 26 for "Method for determining puncture entry location using electroanatomic mapping" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,067, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Method for determining puncture entry location using electroanatomic mapping" was invented by Lauren Koon (Mississauga, Canada) and Charlene Leung (Scarborough, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for puncturing and using the puncturing device to evaluate and identify the anatomical space that the puncturing device has entered. The physician can then determine if the puncturing device has entered the desired anatomical space or an unintended anatomical space."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, u...