US Patent Issued to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL on Oct. 20 for "Intravascular lithotripsy catheters with laterally movable and positionable emitters" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,898, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Intravascular lithotripsy catheters with laterally movable and positionable emitters" was invented by Christopher M. Lambert (Hayward, Calif.) and Nancy P. Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock wave catheter for performing intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is provided. The catheter includes an elongated tube having a central longitudinal axis, an enclosure sealed to the distal end of the elongated tube, and an adjustable emitter assembly disposed within the enclosure. The emitter assembly includes at least one laterally move...