US 11,864,830 B2
Lithotripsy systems with dispersed laser nodes
Jeffrey M. Schmitt, Bolton, MA (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,496.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,310, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401499 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/26 (2013.01) [A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2018/208 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser lithotripsy system to deliver laser energy from one or more laser sources to a mobile calculus, the system comprising:
a capture portion configured to be movable from a stored state to a deployed state, wherein in the deployed state, the capture portion includes an inner surface that is configured to at least partially surround the mobile calculus; and
a first laser node and a second laser node arranged along the inner surface of the capture portion and each having a corresponding laser fiber, the first and second laser nodes comprising a redirection element configured to deliver the laser energy to the mobile calculus by redirecting the laser energy from a direction extending along a respective laser fiber thereof toward the mobile calculus within the capture portion, and wherein the first laser node is spaced apart from the second laser node.