Patent · US Expired

Patient rest for lithotripter

US5072721A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

7References

5Claims

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Assignee

Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Herbert Weiler · Gilching, DE
Peter Buchbauer · Garching bei München, DE
Siegfried Hofsaess · Germering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 1990
Grant date	Dec 17, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 24, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/0442
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lithotripter having a central housing for equipment pertaining to shockwave generation, further having a focusing equipment head movably connected thereto, is improved by an up and down sliding patient rest having a central horizontally positioned cantilever mounted segment with a closure as treatment window; a headrest is removably attached to one side of the central segment; and leg support structure such a rest segment with extension or a miction pan or leg support troughs is removably attached to the opposite side of the central segment.

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