One of the relatively new devices is the lithotripter used to break up kidney stones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swallowing the Bitter Pill] Reference

In most large cities in the United States there is at least one hospital with a lithotripter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swallowing the Bitter Pill] Reference

Canada ranks 18th out of 23 OECD countries in MRIs per capita and 17th out of 22 OECD countries in the number of computed tomography (CT) scanners per capita. 2 Worse yet, Canada ranks second to last, 13 out of 14 countries for lithotripter availability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patience, a National Virtue] Reference

Cook will market and distribute LMA's StoneBreakerTM, a portable pneumatic, endoscopic lithotripter for stone fragmentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference

The Diwaniya Health Department has received a laser-powered lithotripter to pulverize kidney stones from the Iraqi health minister, the department.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iraq Updates - Latest News] Reference

Compared to open surgery, ESWL using the Dornier Compact Sigma lithotripter costs up to 60% less and do not require hospitalization, resulting in much lower costs for a comparable procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

With the Kagay-an Kidney Center´s third-generation, state-of-the-art Dornier Compact Sigma lithotripter, Longno said patients undergoing ESWL can go home immediately after their sedation wears off and don´t have to stay in the hospital.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

On Friday night, around 8 Robust occlusion fi lm withstands pm we were invited by Dr. T. Lock, urologist inadvertent contact with holmium laser and in the University Medical Center Utrecht to intracorporeal lithotripter energy. assist during the fi rst case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Officially inaugurated in December 17 by the Kagay-an Kidney Center, the new generation lithotripter was imported from Germany´s Dornier company which pioneered the procedure in 1980 and has now installed over 1,000 lithotripters and successfully treated over 5,000,000 patients worldwide.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference