US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.A R.L. on July 7 for "Compact force sensor for catheters" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,827, issued on July 7, was assigned to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.A R.L. (Luxembourg).

"Compact force sensor for catheters" was invented by Giovanni Leo (Cologny, Switzerland), Nicolas Aeby (Geneva), Stuart J. Olstad (Plymouth, Minn.), Axel Bertholds (Verscio, Switzerland) and Pere Llosas (Minusio, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablation catheter system configured with a compact force sensor at a distal end for detection of contact forces exerted on an end effector. The force sensor includes fiber optics operatively coupled with reflecting members on a structural member. In one embodiment, the optical fibe...