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Lithotripsy workstation

US4872193A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

Manfred Elff · Marburg, DE
Wilfried Pfeiffer · Quickborn, DE
Horst-Hartwig Schwieker · Hamburg, DE
Dieter H. C. Christiansen · Westerburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 1988
Grant date	Oct 3, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 25, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/12
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lithotripsy workstation which can also be used for X-ray examination includes an X-ray device (5, 6) which is pivotable about a horizontal axis (7), and a shock wave generator (18) which is pivotable about an inclined axis (17) which intersects the horizontal axis. The focal point of the shock wave generator (18) coincides with this point of intersection, even when the shock wave generator is pivoted to the left or to the right to a position which is suitable for crushing a calculus in the left-hand kidney or the right-hand kidney.

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