Patent · US Expired

Flexible probe for use in lithotripsy

US6217588A · kind A · utility

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11References

19Claims

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Assignee

Ferton Holding S.A. · CH

Inventors

Thomas Jerger · Sindelfingen, DE
Uwe Horn · Aachen, DE
Emanuel Goin · Lausanne, CH
Andreas Menne · Meersburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 1999
Grant date	Apr 17, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/037
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A metallic flexible probe for use in shock wave lithotripsy is provided next to its head portion and approximately at a transition to an adjoining initial length of the probe with a rated break point for causing without any disturbance of the energy flow along the length of the probe as optimized by different dimensional and material chracteristics of the probe a fracture at a position which most presumably will not lead to harmful injuries of the patient and to no damages of the surrounding lumen of the endoscope which is used in combination with a lithotripter.

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