ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,878, issued on March 17, was assigned to CRC EP Inc. (Lake Oswego, Ore.).
"Mapping and ablation catheter with multiple loop segments" was invented by Alan de la Rama (Cerritos, Calif.) and Cary Hata (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mapping and ablation catheter is presented. The mapping and ablation catheter comprising an elongated catheter shaft and an ablation portion being arranged at a distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein: the ablation portion comprises a plurality of loop segments; at least one first loop segment of the plurality of loop segments exhibits one or more ablation electrodes, the one or more abl...