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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst Falk, Sternenfels-Diefenbach, DE;
Siegfried Bauer, Heidelsheim, DE;
Helmut Wurster, Oberderdingen, DE;
Assignee:
Richard Wolf, GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128328 ; 128 241 ; 128-7 ;
Abstract
A lithotripsy probe for stone disintegration, comprising a pair of conductors insulated from one another and extending through the probe. The conductors are surrounded by a thin metal sleeve over a distal length of the probe, and the metal sleeve is provided at one point, which is situated at a distance from the distal extremity of the probe, with at least one gap or perforation in which engages an overlying shrink-on tube to immobilize the sleeve on the two insulated conductors.