US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 8 for "Acoustic performance monitoring system and method within intravascular lithotripsy device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,942, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Acoustic performance monitoring system and method within intravascular lithotripsy device" was invented by Eric Schultheis (San Clemente, Calif.) and Christopher A. Cook (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall or a heart valve within a body of a patient includes an energy source, an inflatable balloon, an energy guide, and an acoustic sensor. The inflatable balloon is positionable substantially adjacent to the treatment site. The inflatable ballo...