Regarding Shockwave Technology:

The international entity that certifies shockwave equipment is the Scientific Advisory Board of Physics and Technology of DIGEST – German speaking International Society for Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy.

Based on the expert recommendation of the Advisory Board of DIGEST, a so-called Quality Seal is awarded to the manufacturers of shockwave devices, who comply with the established and accepted shockwaves standards in physics terms such as rising gradient, curve, amplitude and pulsation length and duration, peak pressures, energy distribution in the focus, total energy and focusability ; these parameter data records allow a technical-based comparability and scientific proof between the various manufacturers.

So-called radial Shockpulse Therapy devices produce mechanical waves and not "sound waves like shockwaves" ; apart from this, they also differ in scale from what is understood as shockwaves in physics terms ; therefore they are not classified as shockwave devices by the Scientific Advisory Board of Physics and Technology of DIGEST; hence they should be classified under Ballistic Shockpulse Devices, which is the correct denomination in physics terms, in stead of Extracorporeal or radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Devices.

See for further information Dr. Othmar Wess´article in the ISMST Newsletter volume 2 issue 1 dated April 2006 under “Generation of Pressure Waves”.