{"id":10015,"date":"2020-03-20T16:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/education\/chalk-organic-eggs-ivl-from-idea-to-reality\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:09:07","slug":"chalk-organic-eggs-ivl-from-idea-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/education\/chalk-organic-eggs-ivl-from-idea-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalk &amp; Organic Eggs: IVL From Idea to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_498ce233d957140bfce5d22f84c89995\" class=\"block block--wysiwyg wysiwyg_styles u-bgColorNone container\">\n\t<div class=\"u-wysiwyg u-animation\">\n\t\t<p>The story of how Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) came into being is a paragon of true innovation \u2013 it could be a chapter out of Steven Johnson\u2019s book, <em>Where Good Ideas Come From<\/em>. The founders demonstrate a textbook example of how the amalgamation of building liquid networks, developing the slow hunch, error, serendipity and expanding into the adjacent possible led to the disruptive innovation that is IVL.<\/p>\n<p>See what role a child\u2019s piece of chalk, organic chicken eggs and cadaver legs all play in Shockwave IVL\u2019s journey from idea to reality in this fun video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nbG5rGn02gA?si=gUXjaF0vLYWU3cMw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span class=\"legal_copy\">Important Safety Information <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Indication for Use \u2013 The Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary or cerebral vasculature. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Contraindications \u2013 Do not use if unable to pass 0.014 guidewire across the lesion \u2022 Not intended for treatment of in-stent restenosis or in coronary, carotid, or cerebrovascular arteries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Warnings \u2013 Only to be used by physicians who are familiar with interventional vascular procedures \u2022 Physicians must be trained prior to use of the device \u2022 Use the Generator in accordance with recommended settings as stated in the Operator\u2019s Manual <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Precautions \u2013 Use only the recommended balloon inflation medium \u2022 Appropriate anticoagulant therapy should be administered by the physician \u2022 Decision regarding use of distal protection should be made based on physician assessment of treatment lesion morphology <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Adverse Effects \u2013 Possible adverse effects consistent with standard angioplasty include: \u2022 Access site complications \u2022 Allergy to contrast or blood thinners \u2022 Arterial bypass surgery \u2022 Bleeding complications \u2022 Death \u2022 Fracture of guidewire or device \u2022 Hypertension\/Hypotension \u2022 Infection\/sepsis \u2022 Placement of a stent \u2022 Renal failure \u2022 Shock\/pulmonary edema \u2022 Target vessel stenosis or occlusion \u2022 Vascular complications. Risks unique to the device and its use: \u2022 Allergy to catheter material(s) \u2022 Device malfunction or failure \u2022 Excess heat at target site <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legal_copy\">Prior to use, please reference the <a href=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ifu\/\">Instructions for Use<\/a> for more information on indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and adverse events.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what role a child\u2019s piece of chalk, organic chicken eggs and cadaver legs all play in IVL\u2019s journey from idea to reality in this fun video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":[204],"meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"disease-state":[159,167],"education-topic":[191],"product-tag":[],"specialty":[295,299,328,332,336,340],"technology":[316,324],"class_list":["post-10015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en-uk","disease-state-coronary-artery-disease-en-uk","disease-state-peripheral-artery-disease-en-uk","education-topic-mechanism-of-action-moa","format-video-en-uk","specialty-fellows-residents-en-uk","specialty-hospital-administration-en-uk","specialty-interventional-cardiologists-en-uk","specialty-interventional-radiologists-en-uk","specialty-nurses-technologists-en-uk","specialty-patients-caregivers","technology-coronary-ivl-en-uk","technology-peripheral-ivl-en-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"disease-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disease-state?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"education-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education-topic?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"product-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-tag?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"technology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technology?post=10015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}