ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,184, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Optical connector assembly for intravascular lithotripsy device" was invented by Eric Schultheis (San Clemente, Calif.), Alvin Salinas (San Marcos, Calif.) and Peter Dahl (Riverside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system (100) for placement within a blood vessel (108) having a vessel wall (108A) for treating a treatment site (106) within or adjacent to the vessel wall (108A) within a body (107) of a patient (109) includes a system console (123), one or more energy guides (122A), and an optical connector assembly (251). The s...