ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,605, issued on May 27, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Shock wave valvuloplasty with multiple balloons" was invented by John M. Adams (Snohomish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are shock wave devices and methods for the treatment of calcified heart valves. One variation of a shock wave device includes three balloons that are each sized and shaped to fit within a concave portion of a valve cusp when inflated with a liquid and a shock wave source within each of the three balloons. Each balloon is separately and/or independently inflatable, and each shock wave source is separately an...