US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a r.l. on April 7 for "Cardiac catheter with deformable body" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,000, issued on April 7, was assigned to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Cardiac catheter with deformable body" was invented by Alexandre Romoscanu (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to various types of medical catheters with a deformable body that deflect in response to a force exerted on the catheter tip. A magnetic field sensor and permanent magnet respectively coupled on either side of the deformable body are used to determine a change in a magnetic field associated with the deflection of the catheter tip. Controller circuitry may receive a signal from the...