US 12,144,516 B2
Aortic leaflet repair using shock wave applicators
Rainier Betelia, San Jose, CA (US); Hoa D. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US); Camilo Perez Saaibi, Fremont, CA (US); and Adam R. Tanner, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Shockwave Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,892.
Application 17/981,892 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,721, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,517,337.
Application 16/831,721 is a continuation of application No. 15/725,161, filed on Oct. 4, 2017, granted, now 10,646,240, issued on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/405,002, filed on Oct. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056062 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/22004 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61B 17/22022 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22025 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22098 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00369 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2211 (2013.01); A61B 2018/263 (2013.01); A61B 2018/266 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A device for generating shock waves to treat calcified lesions in the body of a patient comprising:
an elongate member;
a tubular member connected to the elongate member and configured to be filled with a fluid;
a support member positioned at least partially within the tubular member;
a plurality of shock wave generators that extend along the elongate member and into the tubular member, wherein each shock wave generator includes an optical fiber for propagating laser pulses, wherein the optical fibers have different lengths.