ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,133, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Cutting and scoring lithotripsy balloon catheter" was invented by Gordon John Kocur (Lino Lakes, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheters configured to substantially simultaneously cut or score a lesion and deliver a pressure wave to the lesion. An illustrative catheter may comprise a catheter shaft, an expandable member secured to a distal portion of the catheter shaft, a cutting member secured to the expandable member, and an ultrasound transducer disposed within the expandable member. Tethers may be attached between the expandable me...