ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,231, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Control of IVL systems, devices and methods thereof" was invented by John R. Ballard (Waconia, Minn.), Jason W. Staab (Apple Valley, Minn.), Austin P. Petronack (Plymouth, Minn.), J. Samuel Batchelder (Woodinville, Wash.), Jacob T. Williams (Plymouth, Minn.), Donald D. Hanson (Chaska, Minn.), Thomas D. Brindley (Plymouth, Minn.), Scott P. Boeshart (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Jeffrey T. Moriarty (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlled operation of an intr...