ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,963, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Field Medical Inc. (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for affecting a target tissue via a pulsed field" was invented by Steven Mickelsen (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for treating a target tissue. Accordingly, an electrode catheter is positioned in proximity to the target tissue and a dose of energy is delivered. The dose of energy includes a set of pulses at a first frequency. Each pulse has a maximal pulse magnitude and a pulse duration associated with a reference pulse and an energy output that is less than the refer...