US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Aug. 11 for "Laser pulse shaping to enhance conversion efficiency and protect fiber optic delivery system for disruption of vascular calcium" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,479, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Laser pulse shaping to enhance conversion efficiency and protect fiber optic delivery system for disruption of vascular calcium" was invented by Daniel Massimini (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Roger McGowan (Otsego, Minn.), Haiping Shao (Plymouth, Minn.) and Christopher A. Cook (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system includes a power source, a controller, and a light guide. The power source generates a plurality of energy pulses. The controller controls the power source so that the plurality of energy pulses cooperate...