A Novel Technique for the Standardized Application of Shock Waves in Experimental Research: The Diver Box

The Diver Box is designed to prevent impedance differences, energy loss or damage to neighboring structures caused by the use of shock waves with application gels. The Diver Box is an acrylic glass container filled with tempered water and includes a coupling membrane to prevent the impedance jump from air to water and to avoid the continuous propagation of shock waves into the tissue, maintaining wave dynamics. Different modes of extracorporeal shock waves can be applied to a mouse skin wound without energy loss and protected from harmful phase-reversed waves.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - April 23, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Heiko Sorg, Daniel J. Tilkorn, Jonas Kolbenschlag, Inga Zwetzich, Joerg Hauser, Ole Goertz, Nick Spindler, Stefan Langer, Andrej Ring Tags: Technical Note Source Type: research