Ultrasound location and therapy method and apparatus for calculi

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1985-11-18

1990-04-17

Coven, Edward M.

Surgery

Truss

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128 24A, A61B 1000

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active

049170953

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for non-invasively decomposing a calculus in a human body include a mechanism for, and the step of, locating the calculus, a mechanism for, and the step of, delivering to the site of the calculus a chemical species known to reduce the calculus, and a mechanism for, and the step of, generating an unfocussed beam of ultrasound radiation for insonating the calculus for enhancing the chemical dissolution of the calculus through the interaction of the calculus, the chemical species and the ultrasound radiation.

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