US Patent Issued to The University of Sydney, Western Sydney Local Health District on June 30 for "Catheter ablation device with impedance monitoring" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,420, issued on June 30, was assigned to The University of Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) and Western Sydney Local Health District (New South Wales, Australia).

"Catheter ablation device with impedance monitoring" was invented by Pierre Qian (New South Wales, Australia) and Michael Anthony Barry (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a catheter ablation device for delivery of energy (such as microwave energy) via a radiating antenna to a selected region of tissue, the device having an elongated catheter with an outer sheath, configured to allow flow of fluid along the catheter to exit ...