US Patent Issued to Cardiovascular Systems on June 23 for "Methods, systems and devices for generating pressure waves in intravascular lithotripsy" (New York, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,136, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Methods, systems and devices for generating pressure waves in intravascular lithotripsy" was invented by Sam Batchelder (Somers, N.Y.), 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: "Various embodiments of the systems, methods and devices are provided for breaking up calcified lesions in an anatomical conduit. More specifically, an electrical arc is generated between two spaced-apart electrodes disposed within a fluid...