Therapy apparatus having a source of acoustic waves
US5699804A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/899
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A therapy apparatus has a source of acoustic waves with an X-ray-transparent region. An X-ray-transparent diagnostic ultrasound transducer of an ultrasound locating system is contained in this region. The X-ray-transparent diagnostic ultrasound transducer can be a piezoelectrically activated polymer foil.
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