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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Franke, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 53 ; 378 51 ; 378 99 ; 128328 ;
Abstract
A lithotriptor station has a shockwave generator connected to a drive circuit and an x-ray system for generating an image of the calculi to be disintegrated. An output of the x-ray system is applied to a detection circuit which forms an electrical signal corresponding to the degree of calculus disintegration in the x-ray image. The electrical signal is supplied through a computer to the drive circuit for the shockwave generator for controlling the number of shockwaves administered.