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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2023
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Hinding, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an ultrasonic generator for supplying an electrical power for fragmenting calculi, the ultrasonic generator being assignable a sonotrode, an ultrasonic vibration excitation means for exciting a vibration of the at least one sonotrode, and optionally a force generation apparatus for generating a force for moving a projectile for shock excitation of the sonotrode, with the ultrasonic vibration excitation means being excitable at a vibration frequency by means of the ultrasonic generator by supplying an AC voltage, and the ultrasonic generator comprising a measuring apparatus with at least one measuring unit for measuring a time profile of a voltage and/or current, and an open-loop and/or closed-loop control apparatus for adjusting an electrical power suppliable by the ultrasonic generator to the ultrasonic vibration excitation means, with the measuring apparatus comprising at least one resistor arranged in parallel with the at least one measuring unit and optionally a capacitor arranged in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the measuring apparatus comprises, in parallel with the at least one measuring unit, at least one suppressor diode for suppressing overvoltage. The invention also relates to a lithotripsy device and a method for operating and controlling a lithotripsy device.