Apparatus for treating a human or animal body by mechanical shockwaves having an exchangeable impact body

• US 20100256536A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Storz Medical AG
• Original Assignee: Storz Medical AG
• Inventors: Schulz, Manfred, Froese, Klaus, Novak, Pavel
• Application Number:
  US12/751,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20100256536A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/4
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/2251 characterised by coupling elements between the apparatus, e.g. shock wave apparatus or locating means, and the patient, e.g. details of bags, pressure control of bag on patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0023 disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00482 with a code
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/92 coded with colour
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/94 coded with symbols, e.g. text
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1685 interchangeable modular devices, A61H2201/0107
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/008 using shock waves
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/007 Stimulation by mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for a treatment of a human or animal body by mechanical shockwaves including a detection device for an automatic detection of properties of an impact body used therein.

Claims

1. An apparatus for treating a human or animal body by mechanical shockwaves having

a moveable projectile (13) and

an impact body (9),

characterized by a detection device (51-67) for an automatic detection of properties of said impact body (9).

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said impact body (9) is exchangeable and can be distinguished from other impact bodies (9) being mountable by said detection.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said impact body (9) has a marking (51, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 66, 67) detectable by said detection device (51-62, 64-67).

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said marking (60) is detectable via an electrical contact (61, 62).

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said marking is an electrical resistor (60).

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said resistor (60) is a ring-shaped conductor strip around a circumference of a portion of said impact body (9).

7. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said marking (57, 66, 67) is detectable by light including infrared light.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said marking (57, 66, 67) is a bright/dark code, in particular a barcode.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said impact body (9) and a part of the remaining apparatus have complementary form closing elements for defining an orientation in mounting said impact body (9).

10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said impact body (9) and a part of the remaining apparatus have a magnet (53) and a complementary magnetic sensor for defining an orientation in mounting said impact body (9).

11. The apparatus of claim 7 having an optical conductor (58, 64, 65) for detecting said marking, mounted in said apparatus, namely between an inner tube (6) for guiding said projectile (13) and an outer casing (1) of said apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said marking (51) is readable by radio frequency waves.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said marking comprises a transponder (51) and said detection device comprises a receiving/transmitting coil (52).

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said receiving/transmitting coil (52) is arranged between an inner tube (6) for guiding said projectile (13) and an outer casing (1) of said apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 having a receiving/transmitting coil (52) of said detection device arranged in a basic apparatus supplying a hand apparatus of said apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said impact body (9) has no marking and said detection device (63) detects said impact body by electro-magnetic properties, in particular by a magnetic inductivity measurement.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a plurality of mutually exchangeable impact bodies (9).

18. The apparatus of claim 1 being adapted to display the type of said impact body (9) upon its detection.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 being adapted to check or automatically set operation parameters adapted to a type of said detected impact body (9) for said treatment.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 being adapted to monitor a maximum operation number of said impact body (9) by means of said detection of said impact body (9).

21. A method of using the apparatus of claim 1 comprising operating said apparatus for treating the human or animal body.