US Patent Issued to Shockwave Medical on Oct. 7 for "Locus emitter shock wave catheter devices with increased longevity and higher sonic output" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,620, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Shockwave Medical Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Locus emitter shock wave catheter devices with increased longevity and higher sonic output" was invented by Danielle Sheree Rond (Santa Clara, Calif.), Rainier Betelia (San Jose, Calif.), Todd Weston Jenkins (San Jose, Calif.), Nancy P. Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.) and Jason B. Franco (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary shock wave catheter system comprises: a catheter body comprising a lumen; an emitter wire configured to generate shock waves, wherein one or more gaps are formed between two or more portions of the emitter wire ...