Patent ID: 6533738
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A therapy apparatus for the shock wave treatment of a patient, comprising:a main housing with a handle, said handle having an operating keyboard for the operation of the therapy apparatus; a shock wave generator in said main housing, said generator operable via a supply tubing with energy conduits and with a coupling membrane: a receiving space with a coupling fluid between the generator and the membrane wherein the quantity of the coupling fluid in the receiving space for the purpose of adjusting the coupling membrane to the patient is controllable; a control space which communicates with the receiving space and which is filled with coupling fluid, said control space being at least partly bounded by a flexible wall region, and wherein a gaseous control force can impinge on the flexible wall region, wherein said control space is a separate space in a rigid connection housing fastened to the main housing and wherein a pressurized air conduit is connected to the connection housing and said handle forms, or contains, the connection housing.