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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Shockwave Medical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
John M. Adams, Snohomish, WA (US);
Thomas G. Goff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61B 17/22022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22024 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22025 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22062 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valvuloplasty system includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve.