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Shockwave reflector

US4570634A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1983
Grant dateFeb 18, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/28
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A reflector for focusing shockwaves in order to contactlessly comminute concretions in living bodies and for which a suitable selection of materials and geometry prevents a transverse wave in the reflector material from leading the shockwave front in the coupling medium.

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