Patent ID: 7725166

Claim:
A system for image-supported shockwave treatment, comprising: a base support; a patient table adapted to receive a patient thereon; an x-ray C-arm mounted to said base support, said x-ray C-arm, in a base position relative to said base support, spanning and thus defining an orbital plane, said C-arm being movable orbitally in said orbital plane around an isocenter, said x-ray x-ray C-arm having an x-ray source and a radiation detector mounted thereon to obtain x-ray images of an examination subject on the patient table; a therapy device comprising a therapy C-arm on which a shockwave head is mounted that emits focused shockwaves adapted to interact with an examination subject on the patient table; said therapy C-arm being mounted to said base support laterally from, and stationary relative to, said x-ray C-arm with said therapy C-arm parallel to and spaced from said orbital plane of said x-ray C-arm, and being orbitally movable; a boom having a fixed end connected to said therapy C-arm and a free end at which said shockwave head is attached; and said boom being orbitally movable by and slidably movable within said therapy C-arm to arbitrarily position said shockwave head in said orbital plane within an angle range of at least 180° above and below the patient table, and aligned to said isocenter.