ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,268, issued on May 6, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Shockwave catheters for treating rhinosinusitis" was invented by Kemal Sariibrahimoglu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Thomas Charles Hasenberg (Campbell, Calif.) and Show-Mean Steve Wu (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method for treating a narrowed region of a lumen in the ear or nose of a patient. The method includes advancing a catheter within the lumen such that a distal end of the catheter is positioned proximate to the narrowed region, filling a fillable member to expand the fillable member within the lumen, and ...