Device for the application of acoustic shock waves

US8088073B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SANUWAVE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Erwin Simnacher · Konstanz, DE
• Dick van Rijn · Hergatz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N7/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device, in particular a therapy device, for the application of acoustic shock waves aimed at a region to be treated in a human or animal body and comprising a housing with a coupling surface for coupling the shock waves into the body to be treated, a shock wave generating device and a means suitable for focusing the shock waves, in which the shock wave generating device and the means suitable for focusing the shock waves are enclosed in a housing and designed such that they can be moved relative to the coupling surface.