SHOCKWAVE HEAD STRUCTURE HAVING BENDING ANGLE

Abstract

The present invention discloses a shockwave head structure having a bending angle. The shockwave head structure includes a shockwave waveguide body and a path regulation unit. The path regulation unit is located inside the shockwave waveguide body and can refract or reflect an energy wave entering from an incident port of the shockwave waveguide body to an exit port of the shockwave waveguide body, thereby regulating the path of the energy wave. With the implementation of the present invention, the shockwave head structure can be applied to different body parts or body positions. Thus, the practicability of the shockwave head structure is increased.

Claims

1. A shockwave head structure having a bending angle, comprising: a shockwave waveguide body comprising an incident port and an exit port; and a path regulation unit positioned inside the shockwave waveguide body in order to refract or reflect an energy wave entering from the incident port to the exit port.

2. The shockwave head structure of claim 1, wherein the shockwave waveguide body is made of a glass, a ceramic, a stainless steel, a high density polyethylene, or an acrylic material.

3. The shockwave head structure of claim 1, wherein the shockwave waveguide body has an opening formed at the exit port, and the opening is sealed by a sealing membrane.

4. The shockwave head structure of claim 1, wherein the path regulation unit is a reflecting unit, which has a reflecting plane positioned on the path of the energy wave.

5. The shockwave head structure of claim 4, wherein the shockwave waveguide body is filled with an acoustic medium.

6. The shockwave head structure of claim 4, wherein the reflecting unit is made of a stainless, a high density polyethylene, or an acrylic material.

7. The shockwave head structure of claim 1, wherein the path regulation unit is a refracting unit positioned on the path of the energy wave.

8. The shockwave head structure of claim 7, wherein the shockwave waveguide body is filled with an acoustic medium.

9. The shockwave head structure of claim 7, wherein the refracting unit is made of a water sack, a high density polyethylene, or a silica gel material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] FIG. 1 is a shockwave head structure having a bending angle in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0016] FIG. 2 is a shockwave head structure having a bending angle in an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a reflecting unit serves as a path regulation unit; and

[0017] FIG. 3 is a shockwave head structure having a bending angle in an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a refracting unit serves as a path regulation unit.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

[0018] Referring to FIG. 1, a shockwave head structure has a bending angle 100, comprising: a shockwave waveguide body 10; and a path regulation unit 20.

[0019] The shockwave waveguide body 10 is mainly used for providing shockwave or an ultrasound energy transfer medium. The shockwave waveguide body 10 comprises an incident port 11 and an exit port 12, and the exit port 12 is not positioned along the straight path corresponding to the incident port 11. In other words, the incident port 11 and the exit port 12 are not positioned at the two opposite ends of the shockwave waveguide body 10. For instance, if the incident port 11 is positioned at the bottom of the shockwave waveguide body 10, then the exit port 12 is found at the lateral side of the shockwave waveguide body 10. The shockwave waveguide body 10 can be made of a glass, a ceramic, a stainless steel, a high density polyethylene, or an acrylic material. The energy wave can be shockwave or ultrasound wave.

[0020] In order to ensure effective ejection of energy waves out of the shockwave waveguide body 10 or conveniently filling various media into the shockwave waveguide body 10, the exit port 12 of the shockwave waveguide body 10 has an opening 13, and the opening 13 is sealed by a sealing membrane 14.

[0021] The path regulation unit 20 is located inside the shockwave waveguide body 10. Refracting or reflecting functions can be generated by means of the path regulation unit 20, wherein an energy wave entering from an incident port 11 of the shockwave waveguide body 10 is refracted or reflected to an exit port 12 of the shockwave waveguide body 10.

[0022] Referring to FIG. 2, when the path regulation unit 20 is a reflecting unit 21, the path regulation unit 20 comprises a reflecting plane positioned on the path of the energy wave, so that it can effectively reflect the energy wave towards the exit port 12. The shockwave waveguide body 10 is filled with an acoustic medium, such as water, and the reflecting unit 21 can be made of a stainless steel, a high density polyethylene, or an acrylic material.

[0023] Referring to FIG. 3, when the path regulation unit 20 is a refracting unit 22, the refracting unit 22 is positioned on the path of the energy wave, so that it can effectively perform refraction on the energy wave in order to regulate the travelling direction of the energy wave. Also, the shockwave waveguide body 10 can be filled with an acoustic medium, such as a water medium, a high density polyethylene medium, or a silica gel, and the refracting unit 22 can be made of a water sack, a high density polyethylene, or a silica gel material.

[0024] The foregoing embodiments are provided to illustrate and disclose the technical features of the present invention so as to enable persons skilled in the art to understand the disclosure of the present invention and implement the present invention accordingly, and are not intended to be restrictive of the scope of patent protection given to the present invention. Hence, all equivalent modifications and variations made to the foregoing embodiments without departing from the spirit embodied in the disclosure of the present invention should fall within the scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims.