1977 年 68 巻 3 号 p. 243-248
1) The possibility of application of microexplosion to medicine was discussed. Destruction of urinary calculi might be the first application of the method.
2) Silver azide or lead azide was chosen as the most suitable explosive for the purpose.
3) Those chemicals were molded in the shape of cylindrical pellets for practice.
4) The sensitivity of the pellets was within safety during the process of the molding. The explosion power of the pellets was almost equal to the brisance of generally used high explosives.
5) A very small amount of the pellets could blast a few kinds of urinary calculi easily at a preliminary experiment.
6) We are planning a project study for the development and application of this new technique, “microexplosion”.