Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1989-02-23
1990-01-09
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
604 22, 604 49, A61B 1722
Patent
active
048920894
ABSTRACT:
A method for comminuting kidney stones including treating a stone to be comminuted with a renal matrix-attacking substance and applying acoustic impulses to the stone so as to pulverize the stone into fragments small enough to be passed through the ureter and urethra.
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Suby et al., Properties of Organic Acid Solutions which Determine their Irritability to the Bladder Mucuous Membrane and the Effect of Magnesium Ions in Overcoming this Irritability, pp.549 & 550.
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Akers et al., Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: The Use of Chemical Treatments for Improved Stone Comminution, Journal of Urology 138 (1987), pp. 1295-1300.
Akers Scott R.
Cocks Franklin H.
Duke University
Jenkins Richard E.
Smith Ruth S.
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