Patent · US Expired

Curved guiding of a lithotripsy head

US5347997A · kind A · utility

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2References

4Claims

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Assignee

Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Herbert Weiler · Gilching, DE
Ulrich Hagelauer · Munderkingen, DE
Michael Weingart · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 6, 1989
Grant date	Sep 20, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B90/50
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Guiding for a therapeutic head for a medical shock wave generator includes a curved rail and a support for a plurality of rollers; the rail is provided with a plurality of grooves, and stainless steel wires are inserted in these grooves and project therefrom to serve as tracks in that the rollers run on the wires; in one version (FIG. 2, 3) the therapeutic head is mounted to the rail while the roller support is stationary; in an alternate version (FIG. 4 ) the relation is reversed.

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