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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred Hahn, Erlangen, DE;
George Vogel, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siekens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128328 ; 367140 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the contactless fragmentation of a concrement present in the body of a living being. A shock wave generator is aimed at a target region in the body and includes a coil having the form of a spherical segment. In front of the coil is arranged a mating radiator element, which closes off a liquid filled space and generates therein a shock wave focused on the centers of curvature of the coil and element upon brief connection of the coil to a high voltage. The concrement to be fragmented is positioned to lie at these centers of curvature.