EP0450364A3 - Combination shock wave generator - Google Patents

Combination shock wave generator Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0450364A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: wave generator; shock wave; combination shock; combination; generator
Prior art date: 1990-04-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19910103996

Other languages

German (de)

Other versions

EP0450364B1 (en

EP0450364A2 (en

Inventor

Michael Dr. Rer. Nat. Gruenewald

Hans Dr. Rer. Nat. Lobentanzer

Harald Dipl.-Phys. Eizenhoefer

Heribert Dr.Rer.Nat Koch

Friedrich Dr. Ing. Ueberle

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Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH

Original Assignee

Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH

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1990-04-05

Filing date

1991-03-15

Publication date

1992-06-24

1991-03-15 Application filed by Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH filed Critical Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH

1991-10-09 Publication of EP0450364A2 publication Critical patent/EP0450364A2/en

1992-06-24 Publication of EP0450364A3 publication Critical patent/EP0450364A3/en

1996-01-10 Application granted granted Critical

1996-01-10 Publication of EP0450364B1 publication Critical patent/EP0450364B1/en

2011-03-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10K9/00—Devices in which sound is produced by vibrating a diaphragm or analogous element, e.g. fog horns, vehicle hooters or buzzers
- G10K9/12—Devices in which sound is produced by vibrating a diaphragm or analogous element, e.g. fog horns, vehicle hooters or buzzers electrically operated
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10K15/00—Acoustics not otherwise provided for
- G10K15/04—Sound-producing devices
- G10K15/043—Sound-producing devices producing shock waves

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Surgical Instruments (AREA)

EP91103996A 1990-04-05 1991-03-15 Combination shock wave generator Expired - Lifetime EP0450364B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4011017A DE4011017C1 (en)	1990-04-05	1990-04-05
DE4011017		1990-04-05

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0450364A2 EP0450364A2 (en)	1991-10-09
EP0450364A3 true EP0450364A3 (en)	1992-06-24
EP0450364B1 EP0450364B1 (en)	1996-01-10

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91103996A Expired - Lifetime EP0450364B1 (en)	1990-04-05	1991-03-15	Combination shock wave generator

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5224468A (en)
EP (1)	EP0450364B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2501673B2 (en)
DE (2)	DE4011017C1 (en)

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1990
- 1990-04-05 DE DE4011017A patent/DE4011017C1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
1991
- 1991-03-15 DE DE59107218T patent/DE59107218D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-03-15 EP EP91103996A patent/EP0450364B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-04-03 JP JP3098147A patent/JP2501673B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-04-03 US US07/680,072 patent/US5224468A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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US4276779A (en) *	1979-03-29	1981-07-07	Raytheon Company	Dynamically focussed array
EP0209053A2 (en) *	1985-07-18	1987-01-21	Wolfgang Prof. Dr. Eisenmenger	Method and apparatus for the non-contacting disintegration of concretions in a living body
EP0308644A2 (en) *	1987-09-24	1989-03-29	Richard Wolf GmbH	Focusing ultrasonic transducer
DE8802995U1 (en) *	1988-03-05	1988-05-05	Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH, 8034 Germering	Multipurpose lithotripter

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JP2501673B2 (en)	1996-05-29
EP0450364B1 (en)	1996-01-10
DE4011017C1 (en)	1991-10-02
US5224468A (en)	1993-07-06
JPH04227246A (en)	1992-08-17
EP0450364A2 (en)	1991-10-09
DE59107218D1 (en)	1996-02-22

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EP0479265A3 (en)	1992-05-13	Controllable frequency generator
EP0441376A3 (en)	1992-12-09	Frequency generator
GB8900094D0 (en)	1989-03-01	Vibration generator
GB9022290D0 (en)	1990-11-28	Absorbers
GB9106850D0 (en)	1991-05-22	Bio-electromagnetic wave generator
GB2261706B (en)	1994-06-29	Wave power generator
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