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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:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866003 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A lithotripter includes a therapeutic head provided with a source for focusing shockwaves in a focal point on a first axis; an ultrasonic transducer having an axis for imaging an area in a patient in which shockwaves are to be focussed is connected to the therapeutic head for movement in relation to the head in isocentric relation to that focal point such that two axes intersect in that focal point, independently form a variable angular orientation of the axes to each other.