ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,224, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Cardionomix Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Methods of detecting catheter movement" was invented by Steven C. Christian (St. Paul, Minn.), Mark R. Christianson (Plymouth, Minn.), Mark A. Christopherson (Shoreview, Minn.), Steven D. Goedeke (Forest Lake, Minn.), Paula Marcia Kaplan (Saint Paul, Minn.), Gabriela Cristina Molnar (Blaine, Minn.), David J. Serdar (Shorewood, Minn.) and Steven L. Waldhauser (Savage, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting catheter movement includes positioning a first sensor in a first body cavity, monitoring a first parameter profile of the first body cavi...