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US 12,082,831 B2Granted
Combined shockwave and ultrasound source
AssigneeStorz Medical AG
InventorPavel Novak
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating focused shockwaves and ultrasound waves comprises a concave reflector holding a cylindrical coil at its center axis. A power generator comprising a combined shockwave and ultrasound generator device is connected to the coil for alternatingly providing an ultrasound signal and a shockwave signal to the coil such that the coil alternatingly generates ultrasound waves and shockwaves.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a single transducer configured to generate both an ultrasound wave and a shockwave, the single transducer being connected to a power generator, wherein
- the power generator is configured to generate each of a shockwave signal and an ultrasound signals and to provide said ultrasound signal and shockwave signal to the transducer to generate each of the periodic ultrasound wave and the pulse shockwave, and
- the single transducer comprises a coil covered by a membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.