Shock wave source with a wave damping coil carrier

US6849053B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Mario Bechtold · Hemhofen, DE
• Jens Fehre · Eschborn, DE
• Bernd Granz · Oberasbach, DE
• Matthias Mahler · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/22027
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A shock wave source has a coil carrier, a coil, having a metallic membrane separated from the coil in insulating fashion for generating shock waves. The coil carrier is formed of a material that damps the formation and/or the propagation of audible acoustic waves in the generation of shock waves.