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Device fittable to the therapy head of an x-ray guided lithotripsy system to allow adjustment of the focus thereof

US7104688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Heiko Köpping · Forchheim, DE
Markus Lanski · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Matthias Mahler · Erlangen, DE
Herbert Tauber · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2005
Grant date	Sep 12, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/2256
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device to adjust the focus position of the therapy head of a lithotripsy system having an x-ray system, has a cross-hair disc that can be attached to an image intensifier of the x-ray system, such that extending away from the edge of the cross-hair disc are variable-length connection elements whose outer end facing away from the cross-hair disc can be indirectly or directly affixed to the image intensifier.

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