Patents by Inventor Hendrik Vandeursen

Hendrik Vandeursen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy by applying an acoustic shock wave followed by a limited oscillating acoustic pressure wave train
    Patent number: 6123679
    Abstract: A method for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy comprises the steps of applying to a concretion to be disintegrated an acoustic shock wave and applying to the concretion to be disintegrated in sequence to said acoustic shock wave an oscillating acoustic pressure wave train having a pressure amplitude, said oscillating acoustic wave train having at least one amplitude maximum and at least one amplitude minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Lafaut, Luc Baert, Geert Pittomvils, Hendrik Vandeursen, Martine Wevers