Sanuwave, Inc.

Wit IP Corporation

Acmi Corporation

Royal Group, Inc.

Iulian Cioanta

Christopher M Cashman

John Jackson

Cary McGhin

Richard Barry Klein

Yannick Spenninck

Jacob Lazarovitz

Christopher Cashman

Manfred Menzi

Clifford Martin

Jordan Dimitrakov

Rene Brauchli

Cary Mcghin

An apparatus includes a catheter sized to fit within a wall of a blood vessel, wherein the catheter includes a balloon with a liquid inlet coupled to the catheter, a plurality of shock wave generators coupled to the catheter within the balloon, and wherein the shock wave generators upon electrical discharge produce shock waves that propagate away from the catheter toward the wall of the blood vessel, and one or more radiopaque markers coupled to the catheter to identify the location of the balloon.

Blood vessel shock wave treatment catheter

A target location of a blood vessel is treated by providing an apparatus that includes a catheter and multiple shock wave discharge points positioned within a balloon along the catheter between proximal and distal ends of the catheter, wherein the distal end extends distally beyond the balloon and the proximal end extends proximally beyond the balloon. Shock waves are created by activating an electronic controller connected to an electrode at each shock wave discharge point. The shock waves are applied through the balloon to treat the target location with the shock waves.

Method of treating a blood vessel with multiple shock wave discharge points in a catheter balloon

An apparatus that includes a catheter and multiple shock wave discharge points positioned within a balloon along the catheter between proximal and distal ends of the catheter, wherein the distal end extends distally beyond the balloon. An electronic controller includes software and is operably coupled to control firing and production of shock waves at each shock wave discharge point of the multiple shock wave discharge points.

Multiple shock waves catheter

A catheter system fits within a blood vessel wall includes a shock wave generator aligned along a length of a catheter within a balloon proximal to the tip end of the catheter to produce shock waves that propagate outward through the balloon toward the blood vessel wall for treatment.

Shock wave vessel catheter system and method

A catheter includes multiple shock wave generators in a balloon between proximal and distal ends of the catheter and electrically controlled by software of a controller to produce shock waves at different discharge point locations for intracorporeal treatment of a blood vessel.

Catheter with multiple shock wave generators

A method of activating and dewatering sludge through application of acoustic pressure shock waves to wastewater.

Systems and methods for activating and dewatering sludge using acoustic pressure shock waves

Method and apparatus for treating animal carcasses prior to processing for meat consumption include applying acoustic pressure shock waves with a segment parabolic reflector and pseudo-planar shock waves to an animal carcass to reduce contaminants on the carcass for improved safety when distributed as meat.

Acoustic pressure shock waves used with segment parabolic reflector for meat processing

A catheter that fits within a blood vessel wall includes electrodes aligned along a longitudinal axis of the catheter that produce unfocused shock waves that propagate radially toward the blood vessel wall for treatment.

Catheter with shock wave electrodes aligned on longitudinal axis

A catheter includes multiple shock wave generators electrically controlled to produce shock waves simultaneously, sequentially or in pre-determined patterns for intracorporeal treatment of blood vessels.

A reusable apparatus, such as a medical instrument or tool, is decontaminated by applying pressure waves with direct contact of the pressure wave applicator to the reusable apparatus in an open bath in a sufficient dosage to remove contamination but without adversely affecting the ability to reuse the apparatus.

Reprocessing of contaminated reusable devices with direct contact of pressure waves

Human and animal biofilms and pathogens are treated with extracorporeal acoustic pressure shock waves at a location of prosthesis or implant in a body.

Infected prosthesis and implant treatment with acoustic pressure shock waves

An intracorporeal pressure shock wave includes an expandable pressure shock wave reflector at the distal end of an intracorporeal catheter to direct shock waves from a shock wave generator within a human or animal blood vessel or body lumen.

Intracorporeal expandable shock wave reflector

A method of separating material, such as foam, sludge, oil or grease, at a fluid's surface, by applying acoustic pressure shock waves to the material and the fluid's surface such that acoustic pressure shock waves are propagated in liquid medium of the fluid and in gas medium above the fluid surface.

Systems and methods for separating surface materials from a fluid using acoustic pressure shock waves

A pressure shock wave apparatus applies shock waves to separate substances, such as oil, from a water mixture in an enclosure. The substance, such as oil, is moved toward a substance removal conduit and the water moved toward a water conduit from action of the shock wave apparatus.

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