US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on July 7 for "High density paddle catheter with distal coupler and distal electrode" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,828, issued on July 7, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"High density paddle catheter with distal coupler and distal electrode" was invented by Bruce Ebner (Shorewood, Minn.), Hong Cao (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Vlad Popov (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter (e.g., high-density mapping catheter) and related catheter system is described herein. The catheter includes an elongated catheter shaft, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first spline assembly, a second spline assembly, and a distal coupler assembly. Each of the spline assembly includes a ...