Delineating and limiting the zone of shock waves for therapeutic purposes
First Claim
1. In a device for therapeutic treatment of the body of a living being by means of shock waves the improvement for limiting the entrance zone for these shock waves, comprising a template member made of shock wave impermeable material and having an adhesive layer thereon for affixing the template directly to the body of the living being, the template having a particularly shaped opening for the passage of shock waves into said body.
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Abstract
A template member made of shock wave impermeable material such as air filled foam is affixed to the body of a living being (e.g. a human patient) leaving however an opening through which shock waves from a shock wave generator can pass so that a concrement in the body will be comminuted while the template member shields sensitive organs against parasitic ultrasonic radiation.
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9 Claims
- 1. In a device for therapeutic treatment of the body of a living being by means of shock waves the improvement for limiting the entrance zone for these shock waves, comprising a template member made of shock wave impermeable material and having an adhesive layer thereon for affixing the template directly to the body of the living being, the template having a particularly shaped opening for the passage of shock waves into said body.
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7. In a method for comminuting concrements in the body of a living being by means of shock waves comprising the step of
providing a template member with an aperture and made of shock wave impermeable material; -
adhesively affixing said template member to said body such that sensitive organs are shielded from shock waves, the opening being in alignment with the concrement to be comminuted; and directing shock waves through said opening to comminute a concrement. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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