US20090118741A1 - Single-blow shockwave generation device - Google Patents
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- the invention refers to a single-blow shockwave generation device and its implementation process.
- Shockwave generation devices are notably used in urological surgery for disintegration of urinary duct stones.
- the prior art includes two main types of shockwave generation devices: a first type concerning extra-corporeal shockwave generation devices, and a second type concerning percutaneous shockwave generation devices.
- Disintegration devices of the first type use an electrical or piezo-electrical shockwave generator where the shockwave guide is comprised of a pocket containing a fluid, in contact with patient's body cooperating with an ellipsoidal reflector which receives a shockwave diffused into a wide space, to focus it through a widely open cone whose apex is located inside the urinary stone to be disintegrated, so that the shockwave is of low amplitude when it crosses through living tissues in order to reduce lesions to said tissues to the minimum possible extent, and of maximum amplitude when concentrated at cone apex.
- Disintegration devices of the second type use, for example, specialized endoscopes to match the nature of the intervention to be performed, depending on the size and position of the urinary stone to be evacuated.
- the endoscope When the stone is inside the kidney, the endoscope is introduced percutaneously directly into the kidney. When the stone is in the ureter, it is advisable to introduce the endoscope by natural paths via the bladder and up into the ureter.
- the shockwave is transmitted by a waveguide, which is a metallic rod of circular cross-section, of a diameter of ten to twenty tenths of a millimeter, and able to tolerate elastic deformation.
- the shockwave guide features a first end where the shockwave is generated and a second end which is applied against the stone.
- Disintegration devices of the first type do not allow high amplitude shockwave production, due to risk of lesions to living tissues crossed through. Consequently, stone disintegration requires multiple shocks which reduce the stone into small fragments which can be evacuated through the urinary ducts.
- Disintegration devices of the second type notably that described in European patent EP0317507, use low amplitude shockwave trains whose characteristic feature is also to break the stone to be disintegrated into multiple fragments which can be eliminated by suction, washing, or evacuation through natural paths.
- Disintegrated stone fragment elimination through natural paths is very painful, which makes elimination by washing preferable whenever possible, further to an intervention by endoscopy.
- These stone elimination modes feature a drawback, in that there always remains uneliminated stone debris which can act as a basis for new stone formation.
- Gas sealing devices between moving parts in these devices generally include O-rings, for which sealing is obtained by cooperation, either between the higher and lower sealing circles of the O-rings pressed between two flat surfaces or through cooperation between an inner lateral sealing circle and an outer lateral sealing circle of the O-ring pressed between a revolution bore and a revolution cylinder.
- These sealing devices can be classified, for example, into three types of devices: a sealing device of the first type is comprised of an O-ring positioned in a groove machined in a bore and whose sealing is ensured by cooperation between the inner lateral sealing circle and the outer lateral sealing circle.
- a sealing device of the second type is comprised of an O-ring located in a groove machined in a revolution cylinder.
- a sealing device of the third type is comprised of an O-ring located in a circular groove undercut in a flat surface.
- the present invention relates to a wave generation device, generating a high amplitude wave transmitted either percutaneously or naturally, via an endoscope, permitting controlled fragmentation of the urinary stone in order to break it into a small number of fragments of the necessary and sufficient size to allow their manual extraction by way of tweezers through the endoscope which was implemented in order to visualize, seize and extract them.
- FIG. 1A shows a vertical view of a device according to the preferred 30 embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1B shows a schematic cross-section of the device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in operating condition.
- FIG. 1C shows a schematic cross-section of FIG. 1A after initiation of an operating cycle.
- FIG. 1D shows a detail of FIG. 1C at the time of shockwave generation.
- FIGS. 2A to 2D each show a detail of FIG. 1B , the whole of these figures corresponding to the entirety of FIG. 1B .
- the invention consists of a single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device ( FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B ) including striking device 2 which strikes, at high speed, generation device which generate a shockwave 3 .
- the shockwave is transferred through shockwave transfer device 4 to an object to be disintegrated, with which said transfer device is put into direct or indirect contact.
- Striking device 2 is put into motion by the expansion of a high pressure gas introduced, prior to each shockwave generation, into accumulation device 5 supplied with high pressure gas, from independent very high pressure gas stores 6 , by way of gas expansion device 7 and of supply and sealing devices.
- the gas stored in accumulation device 5 is released by manual operating of control device 8 which renders gastight, through a sealing device, the intercommunication between stores 6 and expansion device 7 , on the one hand, and with accumulation device 5 , on the other.
- Manual operating of the control device 8 establishes intercommunication between accumulation device 5 and striking device 2 .
- Return to the initial condition of striking device 2 is ensured by the release of the accumulated energy, by mechanical device, during the shockwave production cycle.
- Return to initial condition of control device 8 is ensured by the action of high pressure gases which remained at expansion device 7 and by the corresponding supply device.
- the gas used can be assimilated to a perfect gas at operating temperature, which is approximately twenty degree Celsius, in an accumulation chamber, making up an accumulation device, and at operating pressure which is a high pressure of approximately fifteen to thirty bar, and chemically compatible with its intended utilization.
- the gas can be air or nitrogen from a gas cylinder pressurized at a very high pressure of approximately two hundred bar, making up an independent gas store whose content can vary from half a liter to a few liters. It is connected to the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device 1 via a flexible hose and through a pressure-relief valve. The hose and valve make up a pressure-relief device that is secured to the gas cylinder and which reduces the very high pressure from two hundred bar to a high pressure of fifteen to thirty bar.
- the gas used is, for example, carbonic gas commercially available in a single-use gas micro-container 9 ( FIG. 2A ), making up a gas store of a content of approximately two centiliters at a pressure of approximately seventy bar, in which the carbonic gas is liquid, permitting storage of a significant carbonic gas volume in a small store.
- Carbonic gas is also known as carbon dioxide gas. The description hereinafter can also apply to other gases whereas remaining within the scope of the invention.
- the gas micro-container 9 is comprised of a cylindrical body 10 whose outer diameter is approximately eighteen millimeters, and whose rear end 11 is closed by a hemispherical wall and front end 12 is extended by a stepped section, then by a neck 13 comprising a lateral part, essentially cylindrical, closed by a closing capsule 14 .
- the stepped section and neck 13 assembly features a length of approximately thirteen millimeters and the total length of the assembly is approximately eighty millimeters.
- Gas micro-container 9 is directly integrated into single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device 1 . It is housed into cradle 15 comprised of two half-cradles.
- Front half-cradle 16 is comprised of a revolution-cylindrical bore, along first symmetry axis 17 , of a diameter slightly larger than that of gas micro-container body 9 , and features a bottom section fitted with calibrated receptacle 18 which accommodates neck 13 of gas micro-container 9 .
- the lateral part is equipped with a first sealing device of first type 19 , with respect to the lateral part of neck 13 , whereas the central part of calibrated receptacle 18 features a perforation device 20 which pierces closing capsule 14 .
- Rear half-cradle 21 is comprised of holding device 22 for the hemispherical bottom section of gas micro-container 9 , centered on the first symmetry axis 17 , and capable of sliding, parallel to the latter, thanks to guide stir-up 24 and clamping device 23 which bears upon front half-cradle 16 .
- the guide stir-up features wide lateral openings which allow sliding of front end 12 of gas micro-container 9 into calibrated receptacle 18 of front half-cradle 16 , when the rear half-cradle 21 is retracted.
- Perforation device 20 features a gas transfer device.
- Perforation device 20 is, for example, of the type used on single-use butane gas cylinders, and a gas transfer device is a central cylindrical bore 25 allowing circulation of the gas from micro-container 9 .
- Perforation device 20 is intercommunicated, through a first duct 26 , with pressure-relief device 27 , integrated with single-blow mechanical shock with generation device 1 , making up a gas pressure-relief device 7 ( FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B ).
- first cylinder revolution chamber 28 ( FIG. 2A ) in the rear section, from which first duct 26 is routed, and whose front section includes a first circular aperture edged by a second sealing device of the first type 29 .
- the first circular aperture extends into a second duct 30 in which, to permit gas passage, valve shank 31 of a gas supply valve slides freely, said valve featuring a valve head 32 located in first chamber 28 , and of a diameter significantly smaller than that of first chamber 28 , whose lower section features an annular sealing surface which surrounds valve shank 31 .
- the upper part of valve head 32 is pushed back by a first calibrated spring 33 in order to press the annular sealing surface of valve head 32 onto the second sealing device of the first type 29 .
- valve shank 31 slides through a first bore 34 , of a defined depth, acting as a guide, and machined in the head of a first cylindrical piston 35 , whose bottom, of first bore 34 , acts as a pusher, pushing back valve shank 31 .
- the first piston 35 slides through second revolution-cylindrical chamber 36 which it divides into a first and a second space, of variable volume, sealed from each other by way of a first sealing device of the second type, solid with first piston 35 .
- Second duct 30 leads into the rear section 38 of second chamber 36 , partly separating the first space of second chamber 36 , through a second circular aperture allowing free sliding of valve shank 31 and intercommunicating second chamber 36 with the gas circuit.
- Rear section 38 of second chamber 36 acts as a mechanical stop for the head of first piston 35 .
- the second space, partly separated by front section 39 of second chamber 36 includes a piston stop 40 , coaxial with that of second chamber 35 , thereby limiting the stroke of first piston 35 and acting as a guide for a second calibrated spring 41 .
- the assembly comprised by first and second chambers 28 and 36 , the gas supply valve, first piston 35 , first and second calibrated springs 33 and 41 , makes up a gas pressure-relief device 7 ( FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B ) allowing a nominal pressure, defined with a good accuracy comprised between fifteen and thirty bar, to be established in the second gas duct 30 ( FIG. 2A ) which surrounds valve shank 31 .
- a third duct 42 ( FIG. 2B ), coming out from second duct 30 , leads through the lateral wall to a third revolution-cylindrical chamber 43 .
- the third chamber includes a rear section 44 in which a second piston 45 slides.
- This piston comprises a second gas sealing device of the second type 46 , a rear section 47 and a front section 48 .
- the bottom of rear section 44 in third chamber 43 features a circular aperture through which a first cylindrical pusher 49 passes freely, said pusher 49 being solid with rear section 47 of the second piston 45 and preferably oriented coaxially with the second revolution symmetry axis 50 of third chamber 43 , which is actuated by manual operating device of control device 8 ( FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B ).
- the manual operating device for first pusher 49 preferably consist of pushing-in second piston 45 into third chamber 43 .
- a manual device is, for example, comprised of a lever 51 hinged around a rotation axis 52 , perpendicular and offset with respect to the revolution symmetry axis 50 of third chamber 43 , and comprising a symmetry plane which contains revolution symmetry axis 50 , and perpendicular to rotation axis 52 .
- the motions of hinged lever 51 are limited by a stop 53 .
- the front section 48 of second piston 45 features a revolution-cylindrical control rod 54 , with a captive end on front side 48 of first piston 45 and a free end 55 freely passing through a fourth revolution cylindrical duct 56 , and coaxial with the revolution symmetry axis 50 of third chamber 43 .
- the fourth duct 56 leading from the bottom of the front section 57 of third chamber 43 is edged by a coaxial tapered revolution surface which acts as a guide for a third sealing device of the second type 58 .
- the sealing device 58 which is neutralized, allows gas flow into the fourth duct 56 when second piston 45 is bearing against the bottom of the rear section 44 of third chamber 43 .
- sealing device 58 penetrates into fourth duct 56 and ensures gas sealing of the front section 57 of third chamber 43 .
- Control rod 54 extends and its free end 55 penetrates into a second bore 59 , solid with the body of third chamber 43 .
- the free end 55 of control rod 54 internal to second bore 59 , includes a fourth sealing device of the second type 60 .
- the stroke of second piston 45 is limited at rear position by the mechanical stop of its rear section 47 on the bottom of the rear section 44 of third chamber 43 , and is limited in front position by the mechanical stop of free end 55 of control rod 54 on the bottom 61 of second bore 59 . In the front position of second piston 45 , the third sealing device of the second type 58 blanks off the fourth duct 56 .
- a fifth duct 62 ( FIG. 2B ) includes an inlet aperture leading into the fourth duct 56 , downstream of the position of the fourth sealing device of the second type 58 , as well as an outlet aperture leading into the rear section of a fourth chamber 64 , which is a high pressure gas accumulation device, preferably revolution-cylindrical on a symmetry axis which is merged with that of second stage 59 .
- This fourth chamber includes a discharge valve 65 .
- the valve is comprised of a valve body 66 , which is tubular, revolution-cylindrical, and coaxial with that of fourth chamber 64 , and of a diameter of approximately one third of that of fourth chamber 64 .
- the valve includes a valve head 67 , featuring a flat rear section and a tapered revolution front section 122 , of a diameter practically double of that of the valve body on which it connects.
- the valve includes a valve body base 68 which slides through a third bore 69 , of a diameter the same order of magnitude as that valve body 66 , featuring a third sealing device of the first type 70 which cooperates with valve body base 68 .
- the third bore 69 is machined in the bottom above front section 71 of the fourth chamber 64 , and leads into a fifth chamber 72 which is an expansion chamber.
- valve head 67 is kept pressed against the bottom of rear section 63 of fourth chamber 64 by a first helical spring 73 which bears on the bottom of front section 71 of fourth chamber 64 .
- the rear face of valve head 67 which is circular, features an annular sealing zone next to its edge, which cooperates with a first sealing device of the third type 74 , solid with the bottom of rear section 63 of fourth chamber 64 .
- the tubular internal space of valve 66 makes up a sixth duct 75 whose inlet aperture, at the rear face of valve head 67 , is flared and essentially tapered.
- valve head 67 features a second cylindrical pusher 76 , coaxial with second bore 59 , comprising a free end 77 and a captive end connected to the rear side of valve head 67 by spacers 78 , integrated in the flared aperture of sixth duct 75 , and sliding in a fourth revolution bore 79 which interconnects the bottom of rear section 63 of fourth chamber 64 with the bottom of second bore 59 .
- a fourth sealing device of the first type 80 solid with fourth bore 79 , ensures sealing between second bore 59 and sixth duct 75 .
- Second pusher 76 features a diameter significantly smaller than that of second bore 59 , and a total length which is such that, when valve head 67 cooperates with the first sealing device of the third type 74 to isolate the sixth duct 75 from fourth chamber 64 , the free end 77 of second pusher 76 leads into the bottom of second bore 59 .
- the fourth chamber 64 is intercommunicated through sixth duct 75 with fifth chamber 72 .
- the fifth chamber 72 is of revolution-cylindrical shape, with a rear section 81 , in which sixth duct 75 opens, and a front section 82 from which a fifth revolution-cylindrical bore 83 begins.
- the fifth bore 83 is preferably coaxial with the symmetry axis of fifth chamber 72 .
- Fifth chamber 72 features a diameter slightly larger than that of valve body base 68 , and a significantly smaller length.
- Fifth bore 83 ( FIG. 2C ) leads into a sixth cylindrical rotation chamber 84 , which is coaxial with fifth bore 83 , of a diameter essentially equal to that of valve body base 68 and a length essentially double of that of fourth chamber 64 .
- Fifth bore 83 features a decompression zone 85 of a slightly larger diameter, leading into sixth chamber 84 , and of a length essentially equal to one third of the length of fifth bore 83 .
- Sixth chamber 84 features a rear section 86 in which fifth bore 83 leads, and from which at least one seventh duct 87 begins.
- the duct 87 is open to the atmosphere either directly, or via a check valve 88 .
- Sixth chamber 84 comprises a front section 89 in whose bottom a seventh revolution-cylindrical chamber leads, coaxial with sixth chamber 90 ( FIG. 2C and FIG. 2D ), intercommunicated with sixth chamber 84 via a sixth revolution-cylindrical bore 91 , of a diameter significantly larger than that of fifth bore 83 , and smaller than that of sixth chamber 90 .
- Fifth bore 83 ( FIG. 2C ) acts as guide and drive device for a striking hammer 92 , making up a striking device.
- Striking hammer 92 is comprised of hammer body 93 , of low thickness, and of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the sixth chamber in which it is located, featuring a rear face directed towards the rear section 86 of sixth chamber 84 , and a front face, directed towards the front section 89 of sixth chamber 84 .
- a third, revolution-cylindrical piston 94 coaxial with fifth bore 83 is solid with the rear face of hammer body 93 , and slides through fifth bore 83 .
- Third piston 94 features a diameter slightly smaller than that of fifth bore 83 , in order to obtain sufficient sealing to permit its propulsion by gases.
- a revolution-cylindrical striking head 95 coaxial with third piston 94 , is secured to the front face of hammer body 93 .
- Striking head 95 is of a diameter significantly larger than that of third piston 94 , and a length of approximately one quarter of the length of third piston 94 .
- a second helical spring 96 which bears on front section 89 of sixth chamber 84 , and on hammer body 93 , presses the hammer body onto the bottom of rear section 86 of sixth chamber 84 , therefore keeping third piston 94 depressed in fifth bore 83 .
- Seventh chamber 90 ( FIG. 2D ) includes a rear section 97 intercommunicating with sixth chamber 84 through sixth bore 91 , and a front section 98 whose bottom features a seventh revolution-cylindrical bore 99 coaxial with seventh chamber 90 , and of a diameter essentially equal to fifth bore 83 , thereby allowing seventh chamber 90 to intercommunicate with the rear section 100 of eighth chamber 101 .
- Seventh chamber 90 contains a shockwave generating interface device 102 comprised of a revolution-cylindrical interface device body 103 , capable of sliding in seventh chamber 90 , and comprising a fifth sealing device of the second type 104 , which isolates front section 98 of the seventh chamber from rear section 97 .
- the interface device body 103 features a rear face directed towards rear section 97 of seventh chamber 90 , and a front face directed towards front section 98 of seventh chamber 90 .
- the rear face of interface device body 103 comprises a strike anvil 105 , of the same diameter as striking head 95 , whose length, when cumulated with that of interface device body 103 , is essentially equal to the length of striking head 95 cumulated with that of hammer body 93 .
- the length of sixth bore 91 is determined so that the free end 106 of strike anvil 105 protrudes from the bottom of front section 89 of sixth chamber 84 , and that distance 108 ( FIG.
- the front face of interface device body 103 features a first shockwave transfer device 109 , revolution-cylindrical and coaxial with seventh chamber 90 , and of a diameter essentially equal to that of third piston 94 and a length essentially equal to that of strike anvil 105 .
- the length of seventh bore 99 must be sufficient to ensure correct guidance of shockwave generation interface device 102 ; however, it must allow protrusion of first shockwave transfer device 109 in the bottom of rear section 106 of eighth chamber 101 .
- the front section 112 of eighth chamber 101 comprises an eighth bore 113 , revolution cylindrical, coaxial with eighth chamber 101 , and of a small diameter, of approximately one half of the diameter of third piston 94 which intercommunicates with the outside.
- Eighth chamber 101 contains a shockwave guide head 115 of a second shockwave guide device 114 , revolution-cylindrical, of a diameter slightly smaller than that of eighth chamber 101 , whose rear face 116 is flat-shaped and whose front face 117 is essentially flat-shaped and comprises, squarely secured at its centre, a shockwave guide rod 118 which passes through eighth bore 113 and which acts as guide for shockwave guide head 115 of the second shockwave guide device 114 .
- the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device 1 FIG. 1A and FIG.
- first shockwave transfer device 109 and the length of eighth chamber 101 are determined, amongst others, to match these requirements.
- first shockwave transfer device 109 bears on second shockwave transfer device 114 located in eighth chamber 101 , interface device 102 is slightly pushed towards rear section 97 of seventh chamber 90 and third helical spring 110 is slightly compressed.
- the length and diameter of shockwave guide rod 118 are generally dictated by the implementation conditions.
- the maximum efficiency of the shockwave is obtained when the weight of striking hammer 92 ( FIG. 2C ) is equal to the weight of second shockwave transfer device 114 .
- Impedance adjustment can be performed, on the one hand, by acting on the diameter of shockwave guide head 115 ( FIG. 2D ) and, on the other, by acting, to the maximum possible extent, on the length of third piston 94 , while taking into account the operating requirements.
- Shockwave generation begins by operating of hinged lever 51 ( FIG. 1C and FIG. 2B ) which pushes in first pusher 49 , which, in turn, pushes back second piston 45 into third chamber 43 , and control rod 54 moves in translation in third chamber 43 until the third sealing device of the second type 58 penetrates into fourth duct 56 and blanks off this duct so that fourth chamber 64 is isolated from the high pressure gas supply. Then, as first pusher 49 continues to be pressed in, the free end 55 of control rod 54 penetrates into second bore 59 until it pushes in the free end 77 of second pusher 76 , which, in turn, causes separation of valve head 67 from the first sealing device of the third type 74 and compression of the first helical spring 73 .
- Second helical spring 96 then pushes back striking hammer 92 and third piston 94 into fifth bore 83 .
- First helical spring 73 pushes back discharge valve 65 into the bottom of rear section 63 ( FIG. 1B and FIG. 2B ) of fourth chamber 64 and restores initial sealing by way of the first sealing device of the third type 74 when second pusher 76 can assume its initial position again by release of the action on hinged lever 51 , which permits the displacement of second piston 45 towards the rear sections 44 of third chamber 43 , under the effect of high gas pressure in third chamber 43 .
- the displacement motion of second piston 45 causes the motion of control rod 54 until the third sealing device of the second type 58 escapes from fourth duct 56 , which allows gas supply to fourth chamber 64 .
- the pressure drop in third chamber 43 initiates the pressure drop in third and second duct 43 and 30 , which initiates the previously described gas supply cycle.
- third chamber 43 ( FIG. 2B ) is interconnected to the outside by a second calibrated discharge valve 121 , in order to avoid a possible overpressure associated with gas reheating after expansion, or a leakage at valve head 32 ( FIG. 1A ) and at the first sealing device of the first type 19 .
- the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device 1 can be used for disintegration of urinary stones and can have a fourth chamber 64 whose volume is preferably comprised between one and three cubic centimeters, as well as a striking hammer of a weight of approximately ten grams.
- a successive shockwave triggering device is inserted between hinged lever 51 and first pusher 49 .
- This triggering device is activated by operation of lever 51 . This initiates the generation of several successive shockwaves, for example, in a number and at a pace predetermined by successive operations of first pusher 49 , without requiring the releasing of hinged lever 51 .
Abstract
A single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device used in urological surgery for disintegration of urinary duct stones comprises a striking device which strikes a shock wave generation device at high speed. The shock waves are transmitted by a shock wave transfer device to an object for destruction with which the shock wave transfer device is in direct or indirect contact. The striking device is displaced by way of the expansion of a high-pressure gas introduced prior to each shock wave generation into an accumulation device. The accumulation device is supplied with high pressure gas from independent gas stores and with supply and sealing devices. The stored gas is released by the manual manipulation of a control device which connects the accumulation device to the striking device.
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- This application is a continuation application of, and claims priority from, pending prior application Ser. No. 10/545,107, filed Aug. 10, 2005 as the U.S. National Stage entry of International Patent Application No. PCT/FR2004/000208 filed Jan. 30, 2004, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C 119 of French Patent Application No. 03/01793 filed Feb. 14, 2003.
- The invention refers to a single-blow shockwave generation device and its implementation process.
- Shockwave generation devices are notably used in urological surgery for disintegration of urinary duct stones. The prior art includes two main types of shockwave generation devices: a first type concerning extra-corporeal shockwave generation devices, and a second type concerning percutaneous shockwave generation devices.
- Disintegration devices of the first type use an electrical or piezo-electrical shockwave generator where the shockwave guide is comprised of a pocket containing a fluid, in contact with patient's body cooperating with an ellipsoidal reflector which receives a shockwave diffused into a wide space, to focus it through a widely open cone whose apex is located inside the urinary stone to be disintegrated, so that the shockwave is of low amplitude when it crosses through living tissues in order to reduce lesions to said tissues to the minimum possible extent, and of maximum amplitude when concentrated at cone apex.
- Disintegration devices of the second type use, for example, specialized endoscopes to match the nature of the intervention to be performed, depending on the size and position of the urinary stone to be evacuated. When the stone is inside the kidney, the endoscope is introduced percutaneously directly into the kidney. When the stone is in the ureter, it is advisable to introduce the endoscope by natural paths via the bladder and up into the ureter. The shockwave is transmitted by a waveguide, which is a metallic rod of circular cross-section, of a diameter of ten to twenty tenths of a millimeter, and able to tolerate elastic deformation. The shockwave guide features a first end where the shockwave is generated and a second end which is applied against the stone.
- Disintegration devices of the first type do not allow high amplitude shockwave production, due to risk of lesions to living tissues crossed through. Consequently, stone disintegration requires multiple shocks which reduce the stone into small fragments which can be evacuated through the urinary ducts.
- Disintegration devices of the second type, notably that described in European patent EP0317507, use low amplitude shockwave trains whose characteristic feature is also to break the stone to be disintegrated into multiple fragments which can be eliminated by suction, washing, or evacuation through natural paths.
- Disintegrated stone fragment elimination through natural paths is very painful, which makes elimination by washing preferable whenever possible, further to an intervention by endoscopy. These stone elimination modes feature a drawback, in that there always remains uneliminated stone debris which can act as a basis for new stone formation.
- Gas sealing devices between moving parts in these devices generally include O-rings, for which sealing is obtained by cooperation, either between the higher and lower sealing circles of the O-rings pressed between two flat surfaces or through cooperation between an inner lateral sealing circle and an outer lateral sealing circle of the O-ring pressed between a revolution bore and a revolution cylinder. These sealing devices can be classified, for example, into three types of devices: a sealing device of the first type is comprised of an O-ring positioned in a groove machined in a bore and whose sealing is ensured by cooperation between the inner lateral sealing circle and the outer lateral sealing circle. A sealing device of the second type is comprised of an O-ring located in a groove machined in a revolution cylinder. A sealing device of the third type is comprised of an O-ring located in a circular groove undercut in a flat surface.
- The present invention relates to a wave generation device, generating a high amplitude wave transmitted either percutaneously or naturally, via an endoscope, permitting controlled fragmentation of the urinary stone in order to break it into a small number of fragments of the necessary and sufficient size to allow their manual extraction by way of tweezers through the endoscope which was implemented in order to visualize, seize and extract them.
- The following description of the invention will be better understood by reference to the appended illustrations, in which:
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FIG. 1A shows a vertical view of a device according to the preferred 30 embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 1B shows a schematic cross-section of the device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in operating condition. -
FIG. 1C shows a schematic cross-section ofFIG. 1A after initiation of an operating cycle. -
FIG. 1D shows a detail ofFIG. 1C at the time of shockwave generation. -
FIGS. 2A to 2D each show a detail ofFIG. 1B , the whole of these figures corresponding to the entirety ofFIG. 1B . - The invention consists of a single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device (
FIG. 1A andFIG. 1B ) includingstriking device 2 which strikes, at high speed, generation device which generate ashockwave 3. The shockwave is transferred through shockwave transfer device 4 to an object to be disintegrated, with which said transfer device is put into direct or indirect contact. Strikingdevice 2 is put into motion by the expansion of a high pressure gas introduced, prior to each shockwave generation, intoaccumulation device 5 supplied with high pressure gas, from independent very highpressure gas stores 6, by way ofgas expansion device 7 and of supply and sealing devices. The gas stored inaccumulation device 5 is released by manual operating ofcontrol device 8 which renders gastight, through a sealing device, the intercommunication betweenstores 6 andexpansion device 7, on the one hand, and withaccumulation device 5, on the other. Manual operating of thecontrol device 8 establishes intercommunication betweenaccumulation device 5 andstriking device 2. Return to the initial condition ofstriking device 2 is ensured by the release of the accumulated energy, by mechanical device, during the shockwave production cycle. Return to initial condition ofcontrol device 8 is ensured by the action of high pressure gases which remained atexpansion device 7 and by the corresponding supply device. - The gas used can be assimilated to a perfect gas at operating temperature, which is approximately twenty degree Celsius, in an accumulation chamber, making up an accumulation device, and at operating pressure which is a high pressure of approximately fifteen to thirty bar, and chemically compatible with its intended utilization. For example, the gas can be air or nitrogen from a gas cylinder pressurized at a very high pressure of approximately two hundred bar, making up an independent gas store whose content can vary from half a liter to a few liters. It is connected to the single-blow mechanical
shockwave generation device 1 via a flexible hose and through a pressure-relief valve. The hose and valve make up a pressure-relief device that is secured to the gas cylinder and which reduces the very high pressure from two hundred bar to a high pressure of fifteen to thirty bar. - In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the gas used is, for example, carbonic gas commercially available in a single-use gas micro-container 9 (
FIG. 2A ), making up a gas store of a content of approximately two centiliters at a pressure of approximately seventy bar, in which the carbonic gas is liquid, permitting storage of a significant carbonic gas volume in a small store. Carbonic gas is also known as carbon dioxide gas. The description hereinafter can also apply to other gases whereas remaining within the scope of the invention. - The gas micro-container 9 is comprised of a
cylindrical body 10 whose outer diameter is approximately eighteen millimeters, and whoserear end 11 is closed by a hemispherical wall andfront end 12 is extended by a stepped section, then by aneck 13 comprising a lateral part, essentially cylindrical, closed by aclosing capsule 14. The stepped section andneck 13 assembly features a length of approximately thirteen millimeters and the total length of the assembly is approximately eighty millimeters. Gas micro-container 9 is directly integrated into single-blow mechanicalshockwave generation device 1. It is housed intocradle 15 comprised of two half-cradles. Front half-cradle 16 is comprised of a revolution-cylindrical bore, alongfirst symmetry axis 17, of a diameter slightly larger than that of gasmicro-container body 9, and features a bottom section fitted withcalibrated receptacle 18 which accommodatesneck 13 of gas micro-container 9. The lateral part is equipped with a first sealing device offirst type 19, with respect to the lateral part ofneck 13, whereas the central part ofcalibrated receptacle 18 features aperforation device 20 which piercesclosing capsule 14. Rear half-cradle 21 is comprised of holding device 22 for the hemispherical bottom section ofgas micro-container 9, centered on thefirst symmetry axis 17, and capable of sliding, parallel to the latter, thanks to guide stir-up 24 and clampingdevice 23 which bears upon front half-cradle 16. The guide stir-up features wide lateral openings which allow sliding offront end 12 ofgas micro-container 9 into calibratedreceptacle 18 of front half-cradle 16, when the rear half-cradle 21 is retracted. It is only necessary to slide holding device 22 which comes against stop uponhemispherical bottom section 11, then to tighten by pushinggas micro-container 9 againstperforation device 20 until closingcapsule 14 is pierced.Perforation device 20 features a gas transfer device.Perforation device 20 is, for example, of the type used on single-use butane gas cylinders, and a gas transfer device is a central cylindrical bore 25 allowing circulation of the gas frommicro-container 9.Perforation device 20 is intercommunicated, through afirst duct 26, with pressure-relief device 27, integrated with single-blow mechanical shock withgeneration device 1, making up a gas pressure-relief device 7 (FIG. 1A andFIG. 1B ). It is comprised, for example, of a first cylinder revolution chamber 28 (FIG. 2A ) in the rear section, from whichfirst duct 26 is routed, and whose front section includes a first circular aperture edged by a second sealing device of thefirst type 29. The first circular aperture extends into asecond duct 30 in which, to permit gas passage,valve shank 31 of a gas supply valve slides freely, said valve featuring avalve head 32 located infirst chamber 28, and of a diameter significantly smaller than that offirst chamber 28, whose lower section features an annular sealing surface which surroundsvalve shank 31. The upper part ofvalve head 32 is pushed back by a first calibratedspring 33 in order to press the annular sealing surface ofvalve head 32 onto the second sealing device of thefirst type 29. The free end ofvalve shank 31 slides through afirst bore 34, of a defined depth, acting as a guide, and machined in the head of a firstcylindrical piston 35, whose bottom, offirst bore 34, acts as a pusher, pushing backvalve shank 31. Thefirst piston 35 slides through second revolution-cylindrical chamber 36 which it divides into a first and a second space, of variable volume, sealed from each other by way of a first sealing device of the second type, solid withfirst piston 35.Second duct 30 leads into therear section 38 ofsecond chamber 36, partly separating the first space ofsecond chamber 36, through a second circular aperture allowing free sliding ofvalve shank 31 and intercommunicatingsecond chamber 36 with the gas circuit.Rear section 38 ofsecond chamber 36 acts as a mechanical stop for the head offirst piston 35. The second space, partly separated byfront section 39 ofsecond chamber 36, includes apiston stop 40, coaxial with that ofsecond chamber 35, thereby limiting the stroke offirst piston 35 and acting as a guide for a second calibratedspring 41. - The assembly comprised by first and
second chambers first piston 35, first and second calibratedsprings FIG. 1A andFIG. 1B ) allowing a nominal pressure, defined with a good accuracy comprised between fifteen and thirty bar, to be established in the second gas duct 30 (FIG. 2A ) which surroundsvalve shank 31. - A third duct 42 (
FIG. 2B ), coming out fromsecond duct 30, leads through the lateral wall to a third revolution-cylindrical chamber 43. The third chamber includes arear section 44 in which asecond piston 45 slides. This piston comprises a second gas sealing device of thesecond type 46, arear section 47 and afront section 48. The bottom ofrear section 44 inthird chamber 43 features a circular aperture through which a firstcylindrical pusher 49 passes freely, saidpusher 49 being solid withrear section 47 of thesecond piston 45 and preferably oriented coaxially with the secondrevolution symmetry axis 50 ofthird chamber 43, which is actuated by manual operating device of control device 8 (FIG. 1A andFIG. 1B ). The manual operating device forfirst pusher 49 preferably consist of pushing-insecond piston 45 intothird chamber 43. A manual device is, for example, comprised of alever 51 hinged around arotation axis 52, perpendicular and offset with respect to therevolution symmetry axis 50 ofthird chamber 43, and comprising a symmetry plane which containsrevolution symmetry axis 50, and perpendicular torotation axis 52. The motions of hingedlever 51 are limited by astop 53. Thefront section 48 ofsecond piston 45 features a revolution-cylindrical control rod 54, with a captive end onfront side 48 offirst piston 45 and afree end 55 freely passing through a fourth revolutioncylindrical duct 56, and coaxial with therevolution symmetry axis 50 ofthird chamber 43. Thefourth duct 56 leading from the bottom of thefront section 57 ofthird chamber 43 is edged by a coaxial tapered revolution surface which acts as a guide for a third sealing device of thesecond type 58. The sealingdevice 58, which is neutralized, allows gas flow into thefourth duct 56 whensecond piston 45 is bearing against the bottom of therear section 44 ofthird chamber 43. But whenfirst pusher 49 is actuated by hingedlever 51, sealingdevice 58 penetrates intofourth duct 56 and ensures gas sealing of thefront section 57 ofthird chamber 43.Control rod 54 extends and itsfree end 55 penetrates into asecond bore 59, solid with the body ofthird chamber 43. Thefree end 55 ofcontrol rod 54, internal tosecond bore 59, includes a fourth sealing device of thesecond type 60. The stroke ofsecond piston 45 is limited at rear position by the mechanical stop of itsrear section 47 on the bottom of therear section 44 ofthird chamber 43, and is limited in front position by the mechanical stop offree end 55 ofcontrol rod 54 on the bottom 61 ofsecond bore 59. In the front position ofsecond piston 45, the third sealing device of thesecond type 58 blanks off thefourth duct 56. - A fifth duct 62 (
FIG. 2B ) includes an inlet aperture leading into thefourth duct 56, downstream of the position of the fourth sealing device of thesecond type 58, as well as an outlet aperture leading into the rear section of afourth chamber 64, which is a high pressure gas accumulation device, preferably revolution-cylindrical on a symmetry axis which is merged with that ofsecond stage 59. This fourth chamber includes adischarge valve 65. The valve is comprised of avalve body 66, which is tubular, revolution-cylindrical, and coaxial with that offourth chamber 64, and of a diameter of approximately one third of that offourth chamber 64. The valve includes avalve head 67, featuring a flat rear section and a taperedrevolution front section 122, of a diameter practically double of that of the valve body on which it connects. The valve includes avalve body base 68 which slides through athird bore 69, of a diameter the same order of magnitude as thatvalve body 66, featuring a third sealing device of thefirst type 70 which cooperates withvalve body base 68. Thethird bore 69 is machined in the bottom abovefront section 71 of thefourth chamber 64, and leads into afifth chamber 72 which is an expansion chamber. The rear face ofvalve head 67 is kept pressed against the bottom ofrear section 63 offourth chamber 64 by a firsthelical spring 73 which bears on the bottom offront section 71 offourth chamber 64. The rear face ofvalve head 67, which is circular, features an annular sealing zone next to its edge, which cooperates with a first sealing device of thethird type 74, solid with the bottom ofrear section 63 offourth chamber 64. The tubular internal space ofvalve 66 makes up asixth duct 75 whose inlet aperture, at the rear face ofvalve head 67, is flared and essentially tapered. The central section ofvalve head 67 features a secondcylindrical pusher 76, coaxial withsecond bore 59, comprising afree end 77 and a captive end connected to the rear side ofvalve head 67 byspacers 78, integrated in the flared aperture ofsixth duct 75, and sliding in a fourth revolution bore 79 which interconnects the bottom ofrear section 63 offourth chamber 64 with the bottom ofsecond bore 59. A fourth sealing device of thefirst type 80, solid withfourth bore 79, ensures sealing betweensecond bore 59 andsixth duct 75.Second pusher 76 features a diameter significantly smaller than that ofsecond bore 59, and a total length which is such that, whenvalve head 67 cooperates with the first sealing device of thethird type 74 to isolate thesixth duct 75 fromfourth chamber 64, thefree end 77 ofsecond pusher 76 leads into the bottom ofsecond bore 59. - When
second piston 45 is in the front position, thefree end 55 ofcontrol rod 54 presses against thefree end 77 ofsecond pusher 76 and thereby pushes backvalve head 67 and separates it from the bottom ofrear section 63 offourth chamber 64, by compressing the firsthelical spring 73, therefore releasing the opening ofsixth duct 75. Thefourth chamber 64 is intercommunicated throughsixth duct 75 withfifth chamber 72. Thefifth chamber 72 is of revolution-cylindrical shape, with arear section 81, in whichsixth duct 75 opens, and afront section 82 from which a fifth revolution-cylindrical bore 83 begins. Thefifth bore 83 is preferably coaxial with the symmetry axis offifth chamber 72.Fifth chamber 72 features a diameter slightly larger than that ofvalve body base 68, and a significantly smaller length. Fifth bore 83 (FIG. 2C ) leads into a sixthcylindrical rotation chamber 84, which is coaxial withfifth bore 83, of a diameter essentially equal to that ofvalve body base 68 and a length essentially double of that offourth chamber 64. Fifth bore 83 features adecompression zone 85 of a slightly larger diameter, leading intosixth chamber 84, and of a length essentially equal to one third of the length offifth bore 83.Sixth chamber 84 features arear section 86 in which fifth bore 83 leads, and from which at least oneseventh duct 87 begins. Theduct 87 is open to the atmosphere either directly, or via acheck valve 88.Sixth chamber 84 comprises afront section 89 in whose bottom a seventh revolution-cylindrical chamber leads, coaxial with sixth chamber 90 (FIG. 2C andFIG. 2D ), intercommunicated withsixth chamber 84 via a sixth revolution-cylindrical bore 91, of a diameter significantly larger than that offifth bore 83, and smaller than that ofsixth chamber 90. Fifth bore 83 (FIG. 2C ) acts as guide and drive device for astriking hammer 92, making up a striking device. Strikinghammer 92 is comprised ofhammer body 93, of low thickness, and of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the sixth chamber in which it is located, featuring a rear face directed towards therear section 86 ofsixth chamber 84, and a front face, directed towards thefront section 89 ofsixth chamber 84. A third, revolution-cylindrical piston 94, coaxial withfifth bore 83 is solid with the rear face ofhammer body 93, and slides throughfifth bore 83.Third piston 94 features a diameter slightly smaller than that offifth bore 83, in order to obtain sufficient sealing to permit its propulsion by gases. A revolution-cylindrical striking head 95, coaxial withthird piston 94, is secured to the front face ofhammer body 93. Strikinghead 95 is of a diameter significantly larger than that ofthird piston 94, and a length of approximately one quarter of the length ofthird piston 94. A secondhelical spring 96 which bears onfront section 89 ofsixth chamber 84, and onhammer body 93, presses the hammer body onto the bottom ofrear section 86 ofsixth chamber 84, therefore keepingthird piston 94 depressed infifth bore 83. - Seventh chamber 90 (
FIG. 2D ) includes arear section 97 intercommunicating withsixth chamber 84 throughsixth bore 91, and afront section 98 whose bottom features a seventh revolution-cylindrical bore 99 coaxial withseventh chamber 90, and of a diameter essentially equal tofifth bore 83, thereby allowingseventh chamber 90 to intercommunicate with therear section 100 ofeighth chamber 101.Seventh chamber 90 contains a shockwave generatinginterface device 102 comprised of a revolution-cylindricalinterface device body 103, capable of sliding inseventh chamber 90, and comprising a fifth sealing device of thesecond type 104, which isolatesfront section 98 of the seventh chamber fromrear section 97. Theinterface device body 103 features a rear face directed towardsrear section 97 ofseventh chamber 90, and a front face directed towardsfront section 98 ofseventh chamber 90. The rear face ofinterface device body 103 comprises astrike anvil 105, of the same diameter as strikinghead 95, whose length, when cumulated with that ofinterface device body 103, is essentially equal to the length of strikinghead 95 cumulated with that ofhammer body 93. The length ofsixth bore 91 is determined so that thefree end 106 ofstrike anvil 105 protrudes from the bottom offront section 89 ofsixth chamber 84, and that distance 108 (FIG. 2C ) which separatesfree end 106 ofstrike anvil 105 fromfree end 107 of strikinghead 95 is of the same order of magnitude as the length ofthird piston 94 when reduced by a sufficient amount to ensure, infifth bore 83, a residual guidance effect forthird piston 94 at end of travel. The front face ofinterface device body 103 features a firstshockwave transfer device 109, revolution-cylindrical and coaxial withseventh chamber 90, and of a diameter essentially equal to that ofthird piston 94 and a length essentially equal to that ofstrike anvil 105. The length ofseventh bore 99 must be sufficient to ensure correct guidance of shockwavegeneration interface device 102; however, it must allow protrusion of firstshockwave transfer device 109 in the bottom ofrear section 106 ofeighth chamber 101. A thirdhelical spring 110 bearing, on the one hand, on the bottom ofrear section 97 ofseventh chamber 90 and, on the other, on the rear section ofinterface device body 103, presses the latter onto a first toroidal dampingdevice 111 bearing, on the one hand, on the edge of front section ofinterface device body 103 and surrounding the firstshockwave transfer device 109, and, on the other, on the bottom offront 98 ofseventh chamber 90. Thefront section 112 ofeighth chamber 101 comprises aneighth bore 113, revolution cylindrical, coaxial witheighth chamber 101, and of a small diameter, of approximately one half of the diameter ofthird piston 94 which intercommunicates with the outside. -
Eighth chamber 101 contains ashockwave guide head 115 of a secondshockwave guide device 114, revolution-cylindrical, of a diameter slightly smaller than that ofeighth chamber 101, whoserear face 116 is flat-shaped and whosefront face 117 is essentially flat-shaped and comprises, squarely secured at its centre, ashockwave guide rod 118 which passes througheighth bore 113 and which acts as guide forshockwave guide head 115 of the secondshockwave guide device 114. When the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device 1 (FIG. 1A andFIG. 1B ) is in operating condition, therear section 116 ofshockwave guide head 115 is in contact with thefree end 119 of the firstshockwave transfer device 109 and thefront section 117 of theshockwave guide wave 115 comes into bearing contact with a second toroidal dampingdevice 120 which surrounds the base ofshockwave guide rod 118, and which rests, on the one hand, on the bottom offront section 112 ofeighth chamber 101 and, on the other, on thefront face 117 ofshockwave guide head 115. The protrusion distance of firstshockwave transfer device 109 and the length ofeighth chamber 101 are determined, amongst others, to match these requirements. Whenfree end 119 of firstshockwave transfer device 109 bears on secondshockwave transfer device 114 located ineighth chamber 101,interface device 102 is slightly pushed towardsrear section 97 ofseventh chamber 90 and thirdhelical spring 110 is slightly compressed. The length and diameter ofshockwave guide rod 118 are generally dictated by the implementation conditions. The maximum efficiency of the shockwave is obtained when the weight of striking hammer 92 (FIG. 2C ) is equal to the weight of secondshockwave transfer device 114. Impedance adjustment can be performed, on the one hand, by acting on the diameter of shockwave guide head 115 (FIG. 2D ) and, on the other, by acting, to the maximum possible extent, on the length ofthird piston 94, while taking into account the operating requirements. - When the gas pressure in second duct 30 (
FIG. 1B ) is less than nominal, the second calibratedspring 41 pushes backfirst piston 35 towards therear section 38 ofsecond chamber 36.Valve shank 31 penetrates intofirst bore 34 of the head offirst piston 35, untilvalve shank 31 abuts on bore bottom and, therefore,supply valve head 32 is pushed back, thereby compressing first calibratedspring 33 and releasing the gas flow fromgas micro-container 9. When gas pressure in second duct 30 (FIG. 1C ) builds up again,first piston 35 is pushed in, thereby compressing secondhelical spring 41 until, whereasvalve head 32 moves back to rest against the second sealing device of thefirst type 29 under the action of first calibratedspring 33,valve shank 31 will loose contact with the bottom offirst bore 34. It should be noted that, as gas expansion is of adiabatic type, the expanded gas is colder than ambient temperature and its reheating causes an increase of its pressure, limited by an additional back motion offirst piston 35, thereby compressing second calibratedspring 41 until it possibly comes into contact withpiston stop 40. The gas injected into second duct 30 (FIG. 1B andFIG. 2A ) flows intothird duct 42 and, from there, intothird chamber 43 and pushes backsecond piston 45 against stop onrear section 44 ofthird chamber 43, unless second piston is already in contact. The third sealing device of thesecond type 58 is then located insidethird chamber 43, which allows gas flow intofourth duct 56, then intofifth duct 62, to reachfourth chamber 64 which then charges itself with high pressure gas, at a pressure, for example, comprised between fifteen and thirty bar.Valve head 67 is now pressed onto the first sealing device of thethird type 74, by firsthelical spring 73, on the one hand, and by high gas pressure, on the other. When nominal pressure is reached infourth chamber 64, the shockwave generation device is ready for operation. - Shockwave generation begins by operating of hinged lever 51 (
FIG. 1C andFIG. 2B ) which pushes infirst pusher 49, which, in turn, pushes backsecond piston 45 intothird chamber 43, andcontrol rod 54 moves in translation inthird chamber 43 until the third sealing device of thesecond type 58 penetrates intofourth duct 56 and blanks off this duct so thatfourth chamber 64 is isolated from the high pressure gas supply. Then, asfirst pusher 49 continues to be pressed in, thefree end 55 ofcontrol rod 54 penetrates intosecond bore 59 until it pushes in thefree end 77 ofsecond pusher 76, which, in turn, causes separation ofvalve head 67 from the first sealing device of thethird type 74 and compression of the firsthelical spring 73. Gas then flows intosixth duct 75 and intofifth chamber 72 and violently pushes back third piston 94 (FIG. 1C andFIG. 2C ) which was initially in pressed-in position infifth bore 83, through the action of secondhelical spring 96. Strikinghammer 92 is then driven at high speed intosixth chamber 84, thereby compressing secondhelical spring 96, and strikinghead 95 strikes strike anvil 105 (FIG. 1D andFIG. 2D ) ofinterface device 102, which generates a shockwave which successively propagates itself ininterface device body 103, then into firstshockwave transfer device 109, and is then transmitted torear section 116 ofshockwave guide head 115 to further propagate itself inshockwave guide rod 118 and to the object to be disintegrated. At end of travel ofthird piston 94 infifth bore 83,decompression zone 85 is gradually uncovered and the gas begins to escape intorear section 86 ofsixth chamber 84 and is evacuated to the outside through check valve 88 (if any) and throughseventh duct 87. The pressure downstream of the third sealing device of thesecond type 58 becomes essentially equal to atmospheric pressure. Secondhelical spring 96 then pushes back strikinghammer 92 andthird piston 94 intofifth bore 83. Firsthelical spring 73 pushes backdischarge valve 65 into the bottom of rear section 63 (FIG. 1B andFIG. 2B ) offourth chamber 64 and restores initial sealing by way of the first sealing device of thethird type 74 whensecond pusher 76 can assume its initial position again by release of the action on hingedlever 51, which permits the displacement ofsecond piston 45 towards therear sections 44 ofthird chamber 43, under the effect of high gas pressure inthird chamber 43. The displacement motion ofsecond piston 45 causes the motion ofcontrol rod 54 until the third sealing device of thesecond type 58 escapes fromfourth duct 56, which allows gas supply tofourth chamber 64. The pressure drop inthird chamber 43 initiates the pressure drop in third andsecond duct - In an improved embodiment of the invention, third chamber 43 (
FIG. 2B ) is interconnected to the outside by a second calibrateddischarge valve 121, in order to avoid a possible overpressure associated with gas reheating after expansion, or a leakage at valve head 32 (FIG. 1A ) and at the first sealing device of thefirst type 19. - The single-blow mechanical
shockwave generation device 1 can be used for disintegration of urinary stones and can have afourth chamber 64 whose volume is preferably comprised between one and three cubic centimeters, as well as a striking hammer of a weight of approximately ten grams. - In an improved embodiment of the invention, and for applications other than that concerning urinary stone destruction, it is necessary to generate successive shockwave trains. For this purpose, between hinged
lever 51 andfirst pusher 49, a successive shockwave triggering device is inserted. This triggering device is activated by operation oflever 51. This initiates the generation of several successive shockwaves, for example, in a number and at a pace predetermined by successive operations offirst pusher 49, without requiring the releasing of hingedlever 51.
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1. A single-blow (1) mechanical shockwave generation device comprising striking means (2) motioned by gases and hitting at high speed a shockwave generation means (3), said shockwave being transmitted by shockwave transfer means (4), which can be put in direct or indirect contact with an object to be disintegrated, wherein the striking means (2) are motioned by expansion of a gas under pressure of fifteen to thirty bar introduced, prior to each shockwave production, into store means (5) from independent gas storage means (6) under pressure of seventy to two hundred bar, via gas expansion means (7) and supply means (25, 26, 30, 42, 56, 62), and a first sealing means (19, 37, 46, 60, 70, 74, 80), the gas stored in the store means (5) being released by manual operating of control means (8) which, firstly, seals to gases, through a second sealing means (58), the intercommunication between the independent gas storage means (6) and the gas expansion means (7) on the one hand, and with the store means (5) on the other hand, then, secondly, intercommunicates the store means (5) and the striking means (2), such that return to of the striking means (2) to an initial position is ensured by the release of energy accumulated by mechanical energy store means (73, 96) in the course of production of the shockwave, and return of control means (8) to its initial position is ensured by the pressure of the gas which remained at the expansion means (7) and the corresponding supply means (25, 26, 30, 42).
2. A device as described in claim 1 , wherein the independent storage means comprises a pressurized gas cylinder, the cylinder being connected to the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device (1) by a pipe and comprising a pressure relief valve for reducing the pressure to an operation pressure.
3. A device as described in claim 2 , wherein the gas is stored in a gas micro-container (9) which makes up the independent gas storage means (6), the independent gas storage means is directly integrated into the single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device (1) by means of a cradle (15) comprised of two half-cradles, including a front half cradle (16) comprising a bottom fined with a calibrated receptacle (18) with a perforation device (20), and a rear half cradle (21) comprised of a sliding support device (22), where the perforation device (20) is connected, via a first duct (26) to an integrated expansion device (27) which makes up the gas expansion means (7).
4. A device as described in claim 3 , wherein the integrated expansion device (27) is comprised of a first chamber (28) into which a first duct (26) leads and from where leads a second duct (30) in which a valve shank (31) freely slides, the valve shank having a head (32) located in the first chamber (28), the head being pushed back by a first calibrated spring (33), such that a free end of the valve shank (31) is pushed by a first cylindrical piston (35) which acts as a pusher for the valve shank (31), while the first piston (35) which slides in a second chamber (36) is used as a guide for a second calibrated spring (41) which acts as a pusher for piston (35).
5. A device as described in claim 4 , wherein the control means (8) is comprised of a third chamber (43) into which leads a third duct (42) from second duct (30), and in which slides a second piston (45) comprising a first pusher (49) which enables said piston to be pushed into third chamber (43) via a hinged lever (51), whereas the second piston (45) comprises a control rod (54) which features a free end (55) and which freely moves through a fourth duct (56) comprising a third sealing device of the second type (58) which blanks the fourth duct (56) upstream of a fifth duct (62) leading into fourth duct (56), when second piston (45) is pushed into the third chamber (43), such that the free end (55) which is engaged into a second bore (59) then abuts against the bottom (61) of said bore.
6. A device as described in claim 5 , wherein the store means (5) is comprised of a fourth chamber (64) into which leads a fifth duct (62) including a pressure relief valve (65) consisting of a tubular valve body (66) which makes up a sixth duct (75), a hollow valve head (67) and a valve body base (68) which slides in a third bore (69) leading into a fifth chamber (72), the valve head (67) maintaining sealing thanks to a first helical spring (73) making up a mechanical energy store means, while valve head (67) comprises a second pusher (76) with a free end (77) which slides in a fourth bore (79) and leads into the bottom of second bore (59), whereas the free end (77) of second pusher (76) is pushed back by the free end (55) of control rod (54), when abutting on the bottom (61), and while second pusher (76) pushes back valve head (67), compressing first helical spring (73) and clearing the opening of sixth duct (75), thereby intercommunicating fourth chamber (64) with the fifth chamber (72).
7. A device as described in claim 6 , wherein striking means is comprised of the fifth chamber (72) into which leads a sixth duct (75) and which intercommunicates with fifth bore (83) leading into sixth chamber (84) which comprises a decompression zone (85) leading into sixth chamber (84), and from which leads at least one seventh duct (87) connected to the atmosphere either directly, or through check valve (88), the fifth bore (83) acting as a guide and launch device for striking hammer (92), comprised of hammer body (93), third piston (94) which slides in fifth bore (83), striking head (95) which features a free end (107), a second helical spring (96) making up a mechanical energy store means which pushes on hammer body (93) in order to maintain third piston (94) depressed in fifth bore (83).
8. A device as described in claim 7 , wherein the shockwave generation means (3) is comprised of a shockwave generator interface device (102) including an interface device (103) which slides in a seventh chamber (90), connected to sixth chamber (84) via a sixth bore (91), whereas the interface device body (103) comprises a strike anvil (105) which crosses through the sixth bore (91), the sixth bore (91) comprising a free end (106) located in the sixth chamber (84), and a first shockwave transfer device (109) with a free end (119), passing through a seventh bore (99) which connect the seventh chamber to an eighth chamber (101) inside which the free end (119) of the first shockwave transfer device (109) is located, said free end being kept in contact with the rear face (116) of a shockwave guide head (115) by a third helical spring (110).
9. A device as described in claim 8 , wherein the shockwave transfer means (4) is comprised of a second shockwave guiding device (114) consisting of a shockwave guide head (115) located in an eight chamber (101), extended by a shockwave guide rod (118) sliding in an eight bore (113) which acts as a shockwave guide head (115) and leads to the outside.
10. A device as described in claim 1 , wherein the gas is carbonic gas stored under a pressure of seventy to two hundred bar, wherein the pressure in the fourth chamber (64) is fifteen to thirty bar, and wherein the volume of the fourth chamber (64) is one to three cubic centimeters and the weight of striking hammer (92) is ten grams.
11. A method of fragmenting a urinary stone, the method comprising:
generating a high amplitude wave by storing a gas at a storage pressure; expanding a portion of the gas such that it is at an operational pressure that is less than the storage pressure; accumulating a volume of the gas at the operational pressure; and actuating a control device, whereby a further accumulation of the volume of gas is temporarily prevented while the accumulated volume of gas generates the wave; and
transmitting the wave to the urinary stone, whereby transmission of the wave to the stone fragments the stone.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the gas is stored in a cylinder, the storage pressure is in the range of about 70 bar to about 200 bar, and the operational pressure is in the range of about 15 bar to about 30 bar.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein storing a gas at a storage pressure comprises arranging a sealing arrangement in a first position to couple a gas source to a gas storage device through an expansion device.
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