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Table 1 Ultrasonic Propulsion of Kidney Stones - Preliminary Results. All subjects treated with a combination of 50 V and 90V output

From: Preliminary results of the initial human clinical trial of focused ultrasound to reposition kidney stones

Study Arm Patient # Number of Stones Stone size (mm)   Motion Grading   Total Push Bursts
2-3mm >3mm Passed stones
De-Novo Stones 1 3 2-3 5 (19%) 0 N 27
2 5 2-3 16 (41%) 0 N 39
3 2 3 1 (4%) 0 N 23
Post-Lithotripsy 4 2 2 23 (62%) 5 (13%) Y 37
5 5 2-3 21 (53%) 2 (5%) Y 40
6 Multiple < 2 12 (30%) 4 (10%) Y 40
7 Multiple 2-5 5 (13%) 20 (50%) unclear 40
Pre-operative 8 2 7 7 (26%) 0 N/A 27