Patent ID: 8162859

Claim:
A small portable hand-held electro-hydraulic shock wave applicator device comprising: an applicator housing extending longitudinally; a side firing shock wave applicator head at one end of the applicator housing; a pair of electrodes with tips to create a shock wave generating spark to create the shock waves being used in medical applications having amplitudes above 0.1 MPa and rise times of the amplitude below 100 ns, the duration of a shock wave being below 1-3 micro-seconds (μs) for the positive part of a cycle and above a micro-second for the negative part of a cycle; a reflector for redirecting and shaping a shock wave pattern transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shock wave device; a membrane or lens covering said reflector for transmitting said shock wave pattern; and wherein the pair of electrodes includes an inner electrode centered and held in an inner probe housing and at an opposite side of the applicator head is an outer electrode, the pair of electrodes being aligned and gapped at a distance S and being partially surrounded by the reflector wherein the shock waves are emitted from the applicator head in a sideways direction relative to the length of the applicator housing.