US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on March 17 for "High density electrode mapping catheter" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,877, issued on March 17, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"High density electrode mapping catheter" was invented by Eric J. Voth (Maplewood, Minn.), Gregory K. Olson (Elk River, Minn.) and Brian Michael Monahan (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device can comprise a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, the flexible tip portion comprising a flexible framework. A plurality of curved microelectrod...