US Patent Issued to Cardio Flow on Feb. 17 for "Device with features for rotational atherectomy and lithotripsy" (Michigan, Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,206, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cardio Flow Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Device with features for rotational atherectomy and lithotripsy" was invented by Jihad A. Mustapha (Ada, Mich.), Gary M. Petrucci (Long Lake, Minn.), Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen (Blaine, Minn.), Ryan D. Welty (Blaine, Minn.) and Peter Samo Dovgan (Rockledge, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of a rotational atherectomy and lithotripsy system can partially or completely remove a stenotic lesion in blood vessels by rotating one or more abrasive elements to abrade and breakdown the lesion, by emitting acoustic energy to fracture and breakdo...