ACOUSTIC ENERGY DELIVERY ALGORITHM FOR USE WITHIN AN INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE

原文（中文）

A catheter system () for treating a treatment site () within or adjacent to a vessel wall (A) of a blood vessel (), or within or adjacent to a heart valve, includes an energy source () and a system controller (). The energy source () generates a plurality of energy pulses. The system controller () includes a processor that controls the energy source (). The system controller () is configured to implement an energy control algorithm to control both of (i) a pulse frequency of the plurality of energy pulses, and (ii) an energy level for each of the plurality of energy pulses that are generated by the energy source (). As the pulse frequency of the plurality of energy pulses increases, the energy level for each of the plurality of energy pulses decreases.