Patent ID: 8002718

Claim:
A shockwave system comprising: a shockwave source that emits shockwaves adapted to interact with a patient to disintegrate a calculus in the patient during a treatment of the patient; an ECG detector adapted to interact with the patient during said treatment to detect an ECG of the patient, and that emits an ECG signal representing the detected ECG; a control and evaluation unit having an input connected to said ECG detector, said control and evaluation unit being configured to control administration of said shockwaves to the patient in coordination with the ECG represented in said ECG signal; a blood pressure sensor configured to interact with the patient to directly measure blood pressure of the patient, said blood pressure sensor generating a blood pressure sensor signal representing blood pressure of the patient during said treatment; and said control and evaluation unit comprising a further input supplied with said blood pressure sensor signal from said blood pressure sensor, and said control and evaluation unit being configured to evaluate whether said blood pressure represented in said blood pressure sensor signal satisfies a predetermined criterion, and to automatically modify the administration of shockwaves correlated with said ECG dependent on satisfaction of said criterion by said blood pressure of the patient during the treatment.