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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
May. 29, 1987
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a shock wave generator for an apparatus for non-contacting disintegration of calculi in the body of a life form which includes a housing filled with a liquid, a membrane closing the housing and connected thereto along the edge thereof, and a device for pulse-like driving of the membrane. In order to suppress overstressing of the membrane and deformations of the membrane which are diletorious in view of the focussability of the shock waves, a tubular spring resilient in the moving direction of said membrane are provided between said housing and said membrane, said membrane being connected to said housing with said resilient spring in a fashion essentially free of bending moment.