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SWL History

• In the 1960s, shockwaves were under study in aerospace (effect of raindrops/micrometeorites on solid objects)

when an engineer touched the setup and felt pain like an electric shock

• German Ministry of Defense funded experiments on effects on biologic tissues, eventually 1980 first human Tx’d
• Electrohydraulic (old Dornier HM3); Electromagnetic; or piezoelectric generators focus shockwaves on F2
Images from CWU12

University of British Department of Urologic
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