ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,058, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Point pulsed field ablation catheter" was invented by Brendan E. Koop (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Andrew L. De Kock (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses, systems and methods that may include an electroporation ablation device. The electroporation ablation device may include a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and an electrode assembly including a first pair of electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second pair of electrodes disposed a...