ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,669, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Inter Nova Inc. (Tokyo).

"Electrode catheter" was invented by Hiroshi Hara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrode catheter whose movable shape has a high reproducibility even when the load changes, and has a high degree of freedom in corresponding to the shape of a measurement site. The electrode catheter includes: a catheter main body; an operation handle connected to a base end side of the catheter main body; and a tip end portion connected to a tip end side of the catheter main body,wherein the tip end portion has: an outer tube with a plurality of electrodes being prov...