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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Goodfriend, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Clark E Stohl, Jamestown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Blackstone Corporation, Jamestown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128328 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for machining and disintegrating urinary calculi by subjecting the urinary calculi to ultrasonic forces transmitted by a wave guide in one passageway of a catheter while under observation through an optical system in a second parallel passage in the catheter.