US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a r.l. on March 24 for "Ablation catheter tip with flexible electronic circuitry" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,463, issued on March 24, was assigned to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Ablation catheter tip with flexible electronic circuitry" was invented by Jacob J. Daly (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Brett A. Hillukka (Hanover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a high-thermal-sensitivity ablation catheter tip with force measurement capability. More specifically, various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to improving the deformation consistency of the ablation catheter tip in response to various forces, and thereby improving force measuremen...