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How Shockwave’s Javelin IVL catheter breaks up blood-blocking calcium where balloons can’t reach

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Shockwave’s novel Javelin intravascular lithotripsy catheter focuses acoustic energy forward to clear a path through calcium-clogged blood vessels.

An illustration of the Shockwave Medical Javelin peripheral intravascular lithotripsy catheter breaking up calcium in blocked blood vessels.
Shockwave Medical designed the Javelin peripheral intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) catheter to break up calcium in blood vessels through which previous IVL devices could not pass. [Illustration courtesy of Johnson & Johnson MedTech]
Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Shockwave Medical aims to deliver intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) to a different type of blood vessel with a first-of-its-kind catheter platform.

The Javelin Peripheral IVL catheter features new technology for modifying calcium and crossing extremely narrowed vessels in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Shockwave says the novel, non-balloon IVL platform delivers a similar safety and efficacy profile as its legacy catheters, bolstering the device developer’s market-leading IVL portfolio.

“We believe this technology has the ability to transform the way that physicians are able to treat patients with peripheral vascular disease,” Shockwave Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nick West said in a Medical Design & Outsourcing interview. “We hope that we’re answering a clear unmet need not just from physicians, but from the patients they also serve.”

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About Sean Whooley

Sean Whooley is an associate editor who mainly produces work for MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News. He received a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. You can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at swhooley@wtwhmedia.com.