Patent ID: 6689130
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A treatment apparatus for an endoscope, which is inserted into a body cavity together with a tip-end portion of the endoscope, and which treats a tissue in the body cavity, the apparatus comprising:a base disposed in the vicinity of the tip-end portion of said endoscope; an in-tissue inserting portion including a base end supported by the base, and a tip end which can be inserted into the tissue in the body cavity in a direction parallel to the surface of the tissue, extending to the tip end from the base end in a tapered shape, and having an inner side disposed in the vicinity of the surface of the tissue when inserted into said tissue; a high-frequency electrode for treating the tissue, which is supported by said base and disposed in the vicinity of the inner side of the in-tissue inserting portion; and a cable which supplies power to the high-frequency electrode from a high-frequency power supply apparatus disposed outside the body.