APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GALLSTONES AND KIDNEY- STONES

摘要

Apparatus for treating medical conditions such as a gallstone or kidney stone in a patient, comprising a transmitter operable to focus sound waves on the medical condition within the patient to cause a reduction in the medical condition, a detector operable to receive a treatment sound signal generated in the process of the reduction of the medical condition, and a signal processor adapted to provide an output signal to an operator indicative of the advocacy of the treatment of the medical condition dependent on the treatment sound signal detected by the detector.