US 2004/0167445 A1 · Apparatus for generating shock waves

Abstract

Apparatus for Generating Shock Waves directed at an area of a human or animal body to be treated using piezoelectric fibers, for generating shock waves. The piezofibers integrated in a composite material are controlled for this, and together with a control unit they form the shock-wave generating part.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for generating shock waves directed at an area of a human or animal body to be treated,

wherein the shock-wave generating part (12) consists of piezoelectric fibers (14) integrated in a composite material (16).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/779,696Filed 18 Feb 2004

Priority

CH 2003 0299/0326 Feb 2003

Published

26 Aug 2004

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

A61B 17/225
Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones;…
A61B 17/22004
Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones;…
G10K 15/043
Sound-producing devices: producing shock waves
A61B 17/22012
Using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves: in direct contact with, or very close to, the obstruction or concrement

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for generating shock waves directed at an area of a human or animal body to be treated,

wherein the shock-wave generating part (12) consists of piezoelectric fibers (14) integrated in a composite material (16).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for generating shock waves

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Apparatus for generating shock waves

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