The SONOLITH® electrode is the consumable/ disposable component for the SONOLITH® lithotripter of ESWL type (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy). The physical principle consists in delivering pulsed pressure waves which are focalized on the stone to be treated, at fixed frequency or patient synchronized frequency.
An assembly of devices that non-invasively disintegrates stones (i.e., calculi) by sending focused shock waves from outside the body produced by an electromechanical generator. This generator contains a coil attached to a thin metallic membrane; a magnetic field is produced by an electric current conducted through the coil, and shock waves are generated when the metallic membrane is repelled by the magnetic field. The system also includes a treatment table, an imaging system, and an operator's console. This [extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)] system is used to disintegrate stones located in the kidneys, urinary tract, gallbladder, or bile/pancreatic ducts.
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