The flashlamp-pumped, solid-state, pulsed, mid-infrared, holmium: YAG laser (λ= 2120 nm)
has been the clinical gold standard laser for lithotripsy for over the past two decades …

We investigated proposed mechanisms of laser lithotripsy, specifically for the novel,
experimental Thulium fiber laser (TFL). Previous lithotripsy studies with the conventional …

A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall within a
body of a patient includes an energy source, a balloon, and an energy guide. The energy …

2020-06-26 Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. reassignment BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT …

A61B18/22—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical
forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, eg microwaves …

A catheter system (100) for treating one or more treatment sites (106) within or adjacent to
the heart valve (108) includes an energy source (124), a plurality of energy guides (122A) …

(57) ABSTRACT A catheter system includes a catheter having an elongate shaft, a balloon
and a light guide. The balloon expands from a collapsed configuration to a first expanded …

A catheter system for imparting pressure to induce fractures at a treatment site within or
adjacent a blood vessel wall includes a catheter, a fortified balloon inflation fluid and a first …

Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of the US population. Conventional
Holmium: YAG infrared laser lithotripsy is a standard minimally invasive treatment that …

This study aims at investigating the thermal properties of various kidney stone types that
fragmented by laser. It attempts to understand their behavior during Ho: YAG laser with …