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lithotripter

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lithotripter /litho·trip·ter/ (lith´o-trip″ter) an instrument for crushing calculi in lithotripsy.
lith·o·trip·ter (lth-trptr)
n.
A device that pulverizes kidney stones by passing shock waves through a water-filled tub in which the patient sits. The procedure creates stone fragments small enough to be expelled in the urine.
lithotripter
Urology A device used during cystoscopy to crush and remove bladder, ureteral, and renal stones
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The pounds 210,000 lithotripter system can be used when stones in the kidney are painful, causing kidney damage or blocking the flow of urine to the bladder.
KIDNEY STONES WAVED AWAY by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
On Friday, an area had been coned off for the treatment unit - which has a lithotripter machine used to break down gallstones and other stones - but frustrated drivers had moved them so they could park their cars.
Pledge over car spaces at hospital; PATIENTS MISS TREATMENT AFTER ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Comparing to the third quarter of 1999, revenues were down $1 million as a result of fewer lithotripter sales and a lower average sales price for shared service procedures.
MEDSTONE REPORTS 15% DECREASE IN THIRD QTR. REVENUE by Biotech Financial Reports
 
 
 
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