Lithotripsy balloon catheter
AssigneeAcotec Technologies Limited
InventorJon Schabert
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Abstract
A lithotripsy device includes an elongate body comprising a distal tip portion having an end surface that forms a non-zero angle with a longitudinal axis of the elongate body, a balloon circumferentially around a portion of the elongate body enclosing the end surface of the tip portion defining an interior configured to receive a fluid, and at least one emitter positioned at the end surface of the tip portion of the elongate body. The at least one emitter is configured to generate pressure waves in the fluid propagating through the balloon to disintegrate a calcified lesion. A method of using a lithotripsy device is also provided.
Claims18
1-20. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- introducing a lithotripsy device into a patient;
- positioning the lithotripsy device adjacent to a proximal end of a calcified lesion in an anatomy of the patient;
- conducting a first decalcifying step to disintegrate or soften at least a portion of the calcified lesion;
- advancing the lithotripsy device to position at least a portion of the lithotripsy device inside the calcified lesion;
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- conducting a second decalcifying step to disintegrate the calcified lesion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.