US Patent Issued to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL on April 7 for "Shock wave balloon catheter with multiple shock wave sources" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,119, issued on April 7, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Shock wave balloon catheter with multiple shock wave sources" was invented by John M. Adams (Snohomish, Wash.), Thomas G. Goff (Mountain View, Calif.) and Doug Hakala (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shoc...