Patent ID: 6413230
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61B,A61H,A61N,G10K

Abstract:
A medical instrument for treating biological tissue comprising a device for generating extracorporeal pressure waves, said pressure waves generating device including a beater part (10) constructed and arranged for striking against a transmission element (2) for injecting the generated pressure waves into the bodies of living organisms, said transmission element (2) having a probe tip (22), said probe tip (22) including an exit boundary surface (24), said exit boundary surface (24) being one of a flat and convex surface configuration which induces non-focused mechanically generated pressure waves into biological tissue of living organisms, and said beater part (10) being accelerated to a velocity of more than 5 m/sec. when striking against said transmission element (2) and displacing said probe tip (22) by less than 1 mm.