ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,725, issued on June 24, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Feedback dependent lithotripsy energy delivery" was invented by Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.), Lawrence J. St. George (Sudbury, Mass.) and Artemie G. Gavala (Sutton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithotripter is provided that includes a lithotripsy apparatus for treatment of a urinary tract stone by fragmentation. The lithotripsy apparatus includes a lithotripsy wave guide shaft configured to transmit an energy form to at least one urinary tract stone. The lithotripter includes a sensing device configured to provide signal data for determining ...