US Patent Issued to INCITE MEDICAL, Norbert Sylvain Giraud, Nicolas Paul Gabriel Guinamard on March 31 for "Catheter distal force sensor" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,946, issued on March 31, was assigned to INCITE MEDICAL SARL (Geneva), Norbert Sylvain Giraud (Bellecombe-en Bauges, France) and Nicolas Paul Gabriel Guinamard (Menthonnex sous Clermont, France).

"Catheter distal force sensor" was invented by Alexandre Ioan Romoscanu (Geneva), Norbert Sylvain Giraud (Bellecombe-en-Bauges, France) and Nicolas Paul Gabriel Guinamard (Menthonnex sous Clermont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force sensor assembly for use in the field of cardiac ablation, for the ablation-based treatment of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias. Various embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a...