US Patent Issued to Cardiovascular Systems on Nov. 3 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., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,610, issued on Nov. 3, 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 catheter system for treating calcific lesions in a patient is disclosed. The system includes an elongated carrier defining a guidewire passageway and an expa...