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US 2025/0359879 A1Published application
Shock wave vessel catheter system & method
AssigneeSanuwave, Inc.
InventorIulian CIOANTA
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Abstract
A catheter system and method include a laser within an inflatable balloon that is inserted into a blood vessel to treat a condition at a wall of the blood vessel. The laser produces a shock wave that propagates to the condition at the wall and provides energy that acts on the condition.
Claims20
A shock wave vessel catheter system comprising:
- a catheter sized to fit within a wall of a blood vessel;
- an inflatable and non-perforated balloon coupled to the catheter;
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- a laser producing laser discharge and a radial shock wave in liquid within the balloon without a release of chemicals between the catheter and wall of the blood vessel.
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A method of treating a blood vessel comprising:
- inserting a catheter having an inflatable balloon into a blood vessel;
- producing a shock wave with a laser in the inflatable balloon;
- treating a condition at a wall of the blood vessel by propagation of the shock wave to the wall of the blood vessel so that energy from the shock wave acts on the condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.