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Medical instrument for treating biological tissue

US6413230B1 · kind B1 · utility

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1References

31Claims

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Assignee

Ferton Holding · CH

Inventors

Gerald Haupt · Castrop-Rauxel, DE
Andreas Menne · Meersburg, DE
Manfred Schulz · Jeffery Road, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2000
Grant date	Jul 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/927
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical instrument for treating biological tissue, comprising a device for generating extra-corporeal pressure waves and a transmission element (2) for injecting pressure waves into the bodies of living organisms. According to the invention the transmission element (2) has a blunt probe tip (22) with a flat exit surface (24) which injects non-focused mechanically generated pressure waves into the biological tissue.

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