US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 26 for "Method and apparatus for applying a tracing to an expandable device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,951, issued on May 26, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for applying a tracing to an expandable device" was invented by Guy Russell Lowery (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for obtaining signals related to electrical activity of the heart of a subject includes a sensing device including an elongate member having a distal end configured for placement within a body lumen of a subject, and a proximal end configured to extend from the subject, an actuation portion carried by the elongate member and configured for placement within the body lumen, the actuation portion ...