The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2022
Bolt Medical, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Eric Schultheis, San Clemente, CA (US);
Alvin Salinas, San Marcos, CA (US);
Alan Duong, San Diego, CA (US);
Bolt Medical, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter system () for treating a treatment site () within or adjacent to a vessel wall (A) of a blood vessel () within a body () of a patient () includes an energy source (), a catheter fluid (), and an emitter assembly (). The energy source () generates energy. The emitter assembly () includes (i) at least a portion of an energy guide (A) having a guide distal end (D) that is selectively positioned near the treatment site (), (ii) a plasma generator (), and (iii) an emitter housing () that is secured to each of the energy guide (A) and the plasma generator () to maintain a relative position between the guide distal end (D) of the energy guide (A) and the plasma generator (). The energy guide (A) is configured to receive energy from the energy source () and direct the energy toward the plasma generator () to generate a plasma bubble () in the catheter fluid (). The plasma generator () directs energy from the plasma bubble () toward the treatment site ().