Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shock wave valvuloplasty with multiple balloons
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Application No.: US16942605Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11766271B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: John M. Adams
- Applicant: Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/22
- IPC: A61B17/22 ; A61M25/10 ; A61M29/00

Abstract:
Described herein are shock wave devices and methods for the treatment of calcified heart valves. One variation of a shock wave device includes three balloons that are each sized and shaped to fit within a concave portion of a valve cusp when inflated with a liquid and a shock wave source within each of the three balloons. Each balloon is separately and/or independently inflatable, and each shock wave source is separately and/or independently controllable. Methods of treating calcified heart valves using a shock wave device can include advancing a shock wave device having one or more balloons and a shock wave source in each of the balloons to contact a heart valve, inflating the one or more balloons with a liquid such that the balloon is seated within a concave portion of a valve cusp, and activating the shock wave source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210038237A1 SHOCK WAVE VALVULOPLASTY WITH MULTIPLE BALLOONS Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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