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US 11,028,670 B2Granted
Shock wave device with far field focused reflectors
AssigneeSanuwave, Inc.
InventorsIulian Cioanta, Cary McGhin
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Abstract
A battery of shock waves applicators positioned on a support beam having an elliptical or spherical shape in a common device wherein focused shock waves from the applicators combine to provide pseudo-planar waves over a far field distance.
Claims20
A shock wave device to provide acoustic pressure shock waves to a far field of an oil reservoir comprising:
- a plurality of acoustic pressure shock wave reflectors having an elliptical shape configured to focus acoustic pressure shock waves produced by the shock wave device through a well bore casing and into the oil reservoir;
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- a support beam having one of an elliptical or spherical shape coupled to and supporting the plurality of shock wave reflectors in an arrangement wherein focused shock waves produced by the plurality of shock wave reflectors combine to create pseudo planar focused acoustic pressure shock waves that reach far field beyond the well bore casing and into the oil reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.