Patent ID: 11857212
Assignee: SOLUTIA INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. The apparatus of claim 1, where:
each of the plurality of capacitors is planar; and
the pulse-generation system is configured to perform a two stage pulse discharge, the two stage pulse discharge including
a first stage where the pulse-generation system is configured to apply voltage pulses simultaneously to:
the plurality of electrodes to begin to vaporize and ionize portions of the liquid to provide at least one inter-electrode conductive path
between the plurality of electrodes, and the plurality of capacitors to charge the plurality of capacitors; and

a second stage where the plurality of capacitors are configured to, upon reaching a threshold charge, discharge to the plurality of electrodes to generate one or more arcs along the one or more inter-electrode conductive paths to vaporize additional portions of the liquid and generate one or more acoustic shock waves.