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Method and apparatus for producing shock waves for medical applications

  • US 8,092,401 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2002
  • Issued: 01/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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; and

    applying generated pulses of shock waves to an area of a patient for medical treatment.

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