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US 8,092,401 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing shock waves for medical applications
AssigneeSanuwave, Inc.
InventorReiner Schultheiss
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Abstract
The invention describes a method and an apparatus for producing shock waves in a fluid for medical applications. In a work volume filled with fluid, the pressure is increased mechanically by pulses. The pressure pulse produced in the work volume is transferred to the fluid volume by means of a partition, in order to produce shock waves in the fluid volume.
Claims4
A method for medically treating a patient by producing shock waves in a surrounding fluid adjacent a work volume comprising the steps of:
- increasing pressure in fluid of the work volume by mechanical pulses;
- deflecting by at least one of moving and bending a partition separating the surrounding fluid adjacent the work volume from the fluid of the work volume with the pulses;
- generating pulses of shock waves in the surrounding fluid and outward from the work volume from repeatedly deflecting the partition;
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- applying generated pulses of shock waves to an area of a patient for medical treatment.
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A method for medically treating a patient by producing shock waves in a surrounding fluid adjacent a work volume comprising the steps of:
- increasing mechanically pressure in a work volume filled with fluid by mechanical pulses;
- pressing with the pulses fluid from the work volume as separate individual fluid streams through a plurality of predefined individual openings in a partition separating the surrounding fluid adjacent the work volume from the fluid of the work volume;
- generating pulses of shock waves in the surrounding fluid and outward from the work volume from repeatedly pressing fluid through the plurality of individual openings;
- and
- applying generated pulses of shock waves to an area of a patient for medical treatment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.