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Technology Behind CellSonic VIPP
The basic technology is older than most of the FDA - approved drugs on the market
today.
A shockwave is:
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An area of very high pressure moving through the air, earth, or water. It is caused
by an explosion, earthquake, or by an object traveling faster than the speed of
sound.
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A pressure pulse which our ears perceive as sound.
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A series of strong pressure pulses generated in elastic media such as gasses,
liquids, or solid substances by ultrasonic aircraft, explosions, lightening with
thunder, or other phenomena that create an extreme change in pressure.
The high mechanical tension and pressure distinguishes shockwaves from other kinds
of sound waves, such as ultrasound waves. Additionally, ultrasound produces heat;
shockwaves do not produce significant heat in the body.
In 1980, the first patient was treated successfully for kidney stones with a new,
minimally invasive method called
“ extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. ” Surgery to
remove a kidney stone used to be one of the most difficult treatments to perform. The
invention of non
- invasive lithotripters changed everything; a new era of medicine was
born.
Dornier, a German company, created that first “ shockwave ” medical device to break
up kidney stones. The energy pulse breaks the sound barrier, which results in a
pressure pulse which we hear as a sound. The event is identical, only on a smaller
scale, to the
“ boom ” sound made when a plane is flying faster than the speed of sound.
The effect produced by the lithotripsy machine was called “ Stoßwelle ” which
translated into English as “ shockwaves. ” That was unfortunate because in English it
gives the impression that an electric shock is involved when it is not, and that it is a
wave which it is not. It is an acoustic event, a pressure pulse, and each individual
event is interpreted by our ears as a bang or a pulse. Nevertheless,
“ shockwave ”
became the popular word.
The first lithotripters used the electrohydraulic principle. This method was
subsequently refined by a joint effort of scientists, engineers, and medical specialists
and is now used, in a more sophisticated form, in several types of smaller machines.
As the technology evolved, the use of smaller devices went in primarily two
directions: to chiropractors and physiotherapists who use ESWT for aches and pains,
and to dermatologists and vascular surgeons who use ESWT for wound healing.