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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Andrew Coleman, London, GB;
Fiammetta Fedele, Southampton, GB;
Timothy Grant Leighton, Southampton, GB;
Andrew Coleman, London, GB;
Fiammetta Fedele, Southampton, GB;
Timothy Grant Leighton, Southampton, GB;
GUYS AND ST. THOMAS'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, London, GB;
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, Southhampton, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus, method and system for classifying a shockwave is described, particularly for use in an Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (SWL) system. The method for classifying a shockwave generated and directed towards a stone in an extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy treatment comprises receiving an acoustic signal at a passive unfocused acoustic sensor, determining whether at least one characteristic of the received acoustic emissions exceeds a respective pre-determined threshold value, and classifying the shockwave as effective or ineffective in dependence upon said determination. A method for predicting the outcome of an SWL treatment is also described.