US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on June 17 for "Stone fragment capture systems for lithotripsy systems" (Minnesota, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,398, issued on June 17, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Stone fragment capture systems for lithotripsy systems" was invented by Charles A. Baker (Rogers, Minn.), David Bloem (Maple Grove, Minn.), Richard M. Braga (North Easton, Mass.), Arthur J. Bertelson (Buffalo, Minn.) and Brian Schneider (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithotripsy device can comprise a handpiece, a lithotripsy probe extending from the handpiece, an energization source configured to deliver an energy to a distal end of the lithotripsy probe, a suction passage extending from the distal end of the probe and through the handpiec...