US Patent Issued to Cardiovascular Systems on Aug. 18 for "Systems, devices and methods for generating patterns of voltage pulses and electrical arcs between spaced-apart electrode pairs in intravascular lithotripsy" (Minnesota, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,385, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Systems, devices and methods for generating patterns of voltage pulses and electrical arcs between spaced-apart electrode pairs in intravascular lithotripsy" was invented by J. Samuel Batchelder (Woodinville, Wash.), John R. Ballard (Waconia, Minn.), Robert D'Agostino (Minneapolis), Michael P. Brenzel (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jason W. Staab (Apple Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure wave generating catheter system includes a catheter and a plurality of electrodes disposed within in the catheter. A fluid-fillable balloon enclos...