US Patent Issued to Boston SCIENTIFIC Scimed on July 28 for "Wide area focal ablation catheter" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,917, issued on July 28, was assigned to Boston SCIENTIFIC Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Wide area focal ablation catheter" was invented by Nathan Paul Hagstrom (Minneapolis), Emily Rose Whitwam (Blaine, Minn.), Joel T. Eggert (Plymouth, Minn.) and Jason John Matteson Jr. (Beldenville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for ablating cardiac tissue through irreversible electroporation, the catheter comprises a tubular outer shaft and an electrode assembly extending distally from the distal end of the outer shaft. The electrode assembly defines a distally located central hub portion and a plurality of splines each exten...