US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Aug. 25 for "High density flat balloon catheter" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,485, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"High density flat balloon catheter" was invented by Troy T. Tegg (Elk River, Minn.), Gregory K. Olson (Elk River, Minn.) and D. Curtis Deno (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to expandable catheters for use in electrophysiology, and more specifically to high-density balloon catheters for use in diagnosing and/or treating cardiac arrhythmias. A catheter includes an elongate catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The elongate catheter shaft defines a longitudinal a...