ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,943, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Atherectomy system current sensing, processing and display" was invented by Nicholas J. Ellering (Crystal, Minn.), Jacob P. Draxler (St. Paul, Minn.), Matthew W. Tilstra (Rogers, Minn.) and Joseph P. Higgins (Wayzata, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention comprises at least sensing, monitoring, and display of motor current which is then used in various embodiments of a rotational atherectomy device to determine and/or predict, among other things, treatment progression, treatment completion, optimal rotational speed, optimal ad...