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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2024
Fastwave Medical Inc., Dover, DE (US);
JiChao Sun, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Parker Hagen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Dannah Dean, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Lauren Eno, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Brady Hatcher, Rogers, MN (US);
Curtis Goreham-Voss, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tristan Tieso, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Edward Anderson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Nelson, Reno, NV (US);
Dean Irwin, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Bryan Goh, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Charles Anthony Plowe, Blaine, MN (US);
Randy Beyreis, Andover, MN (US);
FastWave Medical Inc., Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
A medical device may include an elongated body having a distal elongated body portion and a central longitudinal axis. The medical device may include a balloon positioned along the distal elongated body portion. The balloon may be configured to receive a fluid to inflate the balloon such that an exterior balloon surface contacts a calcified lesion within a patient's vasculature. The medical device may include one or more pressure wave emitters positioned along the central longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The one or more pressure wave emitters may be configured to propagate at least one pressure wave through the fluid to fragment the calcified lesion. At least one pressure wave emitter may include an optical fiber configured to transmit laser energy into the balloon. The laser energy may be configured to create a cavitation bubble in the fluid.