ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,391, issued on April 14, was assigned to SHANGHAI MICROPORT ROTAPACE MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Electrode balloon catheter and high-voltage generation processing device" was invented by Rende Chen (Shanghai), Zhaohua Chang (Shanghai), Bin Yue (Shanghai), Xiaofei Ji (Shanghai), Kai Li (Shanghai), Tianxi Chi (Shanghai) and Yingzhong Yao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode balloon catheter and a high-voltage generation processing device are provided. The electrode balloon catheter includes a balloon, an inner catheter and a shock wave generation component. The balloon is disposed over the inner catheter and radiall...