ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,424, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FASTWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Dover, Del.).

"Intravascular lithotripsy" was invented by JiChao Sun (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Parker Hagen (Maple Grove, Minn.), Dannah Dean (Minnetonka, Minn.), Lauren Eno (Prior Lake, Minn.), Brady Hatcher (Rogers, Minn.), Curtis Goreham-Voss (Maple Grove, Minn.), Tristan Tieso (Nisswa, Minn.), Edward Anderson (Maple Grove, Minn.), Scott Nelson (Sparks, Nev.), Dean Irwin (Carlsbad, Calif.), Bryan Goh (Maple Grove, Minn.), Charles Anthony Plowe (Blaine, Minn.), Randy Beyreis (Andover, Minn.) and Sukanya Iyer (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device m...