TECHNICAL PRINCIPLE

1687 Isaac Newton, the scientist, established his well-known law of "action and reaction". The working principle of the Swiss LithoClast® is based on the momentum theorem derived from this law. Perfectly controlled shock waves are transmitted to the calculus through special rigid or flexible probes.

Compressed air is used to generate ballistic energy in the handpiece of the Swiss LithoClast^®. A projectile, guided within precision of one micrometer, is accelerated to a high speed by means of a precisely controlled burst of compressed air. When the projectile hits the probe installed in the handpiece, a shock wave is transmitted through the probe to the calculus. The different acoustic characteristics of the metal probe and the stone lead to a fast and effective lithotripsy.

The Swiss LithoClast^® technology can be perfectly combined with the EMS ultrasound lithotripsy, the principle of the "LithoClast^® Master". Faster disintegration of calculi, efficient suction, shorter treatment duration and complete removal of the calculi are the results of this combined application. The Swiss LithoClast^® 2 and the Swiss LithoClast^® Master can be used with all well-known endoscopes of the leading manufacturers for the treatment of renal, ureteral and bladder stones.

	Impulse transfer in the LithoClast® handpiece and Newton’s Craddle: the same working principle
THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PATENTED LITHOTRIPTER COMBINATION