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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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Rattner, Buckenhof, DE;
Erich Noske, Weher, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128328 ; 128 / ; 73 11 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an improvement for an apparatus for non-contacting disintegration of calculi in the body of the patient by emitting a focus shock wave from an output end of fluid-filled shock wave tube which output end has a flexible membrane which can be yieldingly pressed against the patient to couple the device thereto characterized by a test device having a test member mount being attached to the output end of the shock wave tube and having an arrangement for position a test member at a proposed position of the focal point for the shock wave tube.