ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,221, issued on July 14, was assigned to Shanghai Golden Leaf Med Tec Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Corrugated radiofrequency ablation catheter having wall-attaching adjustment wire and apparatus thereof" was invented by Yonghua Dong (Shanghai) and Meijun Shen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corrugated radiofrequency ablation catheter having wall-attaching adjustment wires (6, 6A, 6B, 6A', and 6B'), provided with a strip-shaped connecting catheter, an electrode frame provided at the front end of the connecting catheter, and a control handle (20) provided at the rear end of the connecting catheter. The electrode frame is a corrugate...