US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on Aug. 11 for "Force sensing catheter including sealed electrode tip assembly and methods of assembling same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,476, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Force sensing catheter including sealed electrode tip assembly and methods of assembling same" was invented by Mark B. Krans (Hopkins, Minn.), James Holmberg (Champlin, Minn.) and John J. Buysman (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an ablation catheter that includes an irrigation conduit, a force sensor, a flexible electrode tip assembly, a seal, and a temperature sensor. The irrigation conduit defines an irrigation lumen configured to carry irrigation fluid to a distal end of the ablation catheter. ...