ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,431, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sirona Medical Technologies Inc. (Andover, Mass.).
"Catheter and method for improved irrigation" was invented by Ali Haghighi-Mood (Andover, Mass.) and Richard Jonathan Cohen (Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various catheters with expandable and contractible fluid pathways extending therethrough, and methods of use, are provided herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter is provided with an elongate body having an electrode at the distal end thereof. One or more expandable members or wings can extend between the electrode and the distal end of the elongate body. The catheter ...