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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ferton Holding, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical instrument for treating biological tissue, comprising a device for generating extra-corporeal pressure waves and a transmission element ( ) for injecting pressure waves into the bodies of living organisms. According to the invention the transmission element ( ) has a blunt probe tip ( ) with a flat exit surface ( ) which injects non-focused mechanically generated pressure waves into the biological tissue.