ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,717, issued on May 12, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Intravascular lithotripsy catheter with interfering shock waves" was invented by Khanh Vo (Daly City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a catheter for treating an occlusion in a body lumen. The catheter includes an elongated tube, a first electrode pair and a second electrode pair each configured to generate shock waves. The catheter also includes a flexible polymer enclosure that is fillable with conductive fluid and wrapped circumferentially around at least a portion of the elongated tube such that it surrounds th...