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Apparatus for shock wave treatment

  • US 5,222,484 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1991
  • Issued: 06/29/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for ultrasonic shock wave treatment, comprising a shock wave transducer having a delay path comprising an acoustic coupling medium, and a membrane enclosing the delay path for placing against the body of a patient to be treated by shock waves generated by said transducer;

  • an X-ray device for locating, in the patient'"'"'s body, an object to be destroyed by said shock waves, the X-ray device comprising an X-ray source having an X-ray tube, an X-ray loss-free medium being contained in the X-ray tube, the X-ray tube being arranged within the delay path and comprising means for sealing the X-ray tube against the coupling medium, the X-ray tube having a length and an axial direction, further comprising means for variably adjusting the length of the X-ray tube in the delay path in the axial direction of the X-ray tube.

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