ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,098, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Radiopaque arrangement of electronic components in intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter" was invented by Stephen Charles Davies (El Dorado Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises an imaging device for imaging within a body of a patient. The imaging device comprises a flexible elongate member and an imaging assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member. The imaging assembly comprises an array of imaging elements and a plurality of electronic components configured to perform an electrical fu...