Sound wave treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11786263-B2
Application number	US-201816026128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2018
Priority date	Jul 4, 2017
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

A sound wave treatment device for medical treatment using compression waves, in particular for lithotripsy, includes a sound wave generator, a plurality of piezo elements that are coupled to the sound wave generator, and, an electrical high voltage unit that is set up for supplying the piezo elements with high electrical voltage. The high voltage unit has a blocking converter unit having a transformer, wherein the transformer has a primary coil, a high voltage coil, and spacers, wherein the high voltage coil has a plurality of high voltage windings that are embedded in an insulating mass and are positioned using the spacers such that adjacent high voltage windings are at a defined distance (a) from one another due to the spacers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sound wave treatment device ( 1 ) for medical treatment using compression waves, in particular for lithotripsy, having:
a sound wave generator ( 2 ),
a plurality of piezo elements ( 7 ) that are coupled to the sound wave generator ( 2 ), and,
an electrical high voltage unit ( 20 ) that is set up for supplying the piezo elements ( 7 ) with high electrical voltage
wherein
the high voltage unit ( 20 ) has a blocking converter unit ( 22 ) having a transformer ( 24 ), wherein the transformer ( 24 ) has a primary coil (L 1 ), a high voltage coil (L 4 ), and spacers ( 48 ), wherein the high voltage coil (L 4 ) has a plurality of high voltage windings that are embedded in an insulating mass ( 46 ) and are positioned using the spacers ( 48 ) such that adjacent high voltage windings are at a defined distance (a) from one another due to the spacers ( 48 ), wherein the high voltage coil (L 4 ) is wound on a high voltage coil former ( 38 ) and the spacers ( 48 ) are a thread on the high voltage coil former ( 38 ), wherein an entire circumference of each high voltage winding is embedded in a V-shaped groove ( 52 ) of the thread, each V-shaped groove ( 52 ) has centering surfaces ( 54 ) that urge the respective winding into a specific position, and wherein lands ( 50 ) of the thread project beyond a wire diameter of the high voltage coil (L 4 ) between adjacent high voltage windings, wherein the transformer ( 24 ) has a first auxiliary coil (L 2 ) for indirectly measuring the output-side high voltage, wherein the transformer ( 24 ) has a second auxiliary coil (L 3 ) that is for redundant indirect measurement of the output-side high voltage and that is arranged parallel to the first auxiliary coil (L 2 ), and wherein the first auxiliary coil (L 2 ) and the second auxiliary coil (L 3 ) are embodied as foil coils parallel to one another.

2. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the high voltage windings are embedded in the insulating mass ( 46 ) essentially free of air bubbles.

3. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the transformer ( 24 ) has a first curved surface area ( 34 ) having a first radius (R 1 ) and a second curved surface area ( 40 ) having a second radius (R 2 ), wherein the primary coil (L 1 ) is wound on the first curved surface area ( 34 ) and the high voltage coil (L 4 ) is wound on the second curved surface area ( 40 ), wherein the first radius (R 1 ) is different than the second radius (R 2 ).

4. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary coil (L 1 ) runs, at least in part, within the high voltage coil (L 4 ).

5. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary coil (L 1 ) is wound on a primary coil former ( 32 ), wherein the high voltage coil former ( 38 ) coaxially surrounds the primary coil former ( 32 ).

6. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and/or the second auxiliary coil (L 2 , L 3 ) are arranged on a ground end face ( 36 ), connected to a ground (Gnd), of the transformer ( 24 ).

7. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary coil (L 1 ) and the first and/or the second auxiliary coil (L 2 , L 3 ) are wound on a primary coil former ( 32 ).

8. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the spacers ( 48 ) have a material having a relative permittivity of greater than 3.0 at a frequency of 1.0 kHz and a temperature of 23° C.

9. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating mass ( 46 ) has a material having a relative permittivity of greater than 4.0 at a frequency of 1.0 kHz and a temperature of 23° C.

10. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the transformer ( 24 ) has a ferrite core ( 26 ) having a saturation flux density of at least 200 mT.

11. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary coil (L 2 ) is arranged on a ground end face ( 36 ), connected to a ground (Gnd), of the transformer ( 24 ).

12. The sound wave treatment device according to claim 10 , wherein the primary coil (L 1 ) and the first auxiliary coil (L 2 ) are wound on a primary coil former ( 32 ).

Assignees

• Wolf Gmbh Richard

Inventors

• Valet Dominic
• Wössner Alexander

Classifications

• A61B17/225 Primary

  for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy [ESWL], e.g. by using ultrasonic waves · CPC title

• B06B1/0207

  Driving circuits (specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclass, e.g. G01; circuits for steering transducer arrays G10K11/34; basic circuits H03) · CPC title

• G10K15/043

  producing shock waves (G10K15/046, G10K15/06 take precedence; generating seismic energy G01V1/02) · CPC title

• H01F5/02

  wound on non-magnetic supports, e.g. formers · CPC title

• H01F27/006

  with special arrangement or spacing of turns of the winding(s), e.g. to produce desired self-resonance · CPC title