US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on Oct. 20 for "Irrigated catheter system including fluid degassing apparatus and methods of using same" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,241, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Irrigated catheter system including fluid degassing apparatus and methods of using same" was invented by Timothy S. Marass (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an irrigated catheter system. The system includes a catheter shaft including a fluid delivery tube, an electrode coupled to the catheter shaft at a distal end thereof and in fluid communication with the fluid delivery tube, a fluid source coupled in fluid communication with the fluid delivery tube for supplying fluid thereto, and a fluid degassing ap...