Patent ID: 6381483
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A therapeutic system comprising:a therapeutic applicator adapted to be inserted into a body cavity and to apply therapeutic energy to treat living tissues present in the body cavity; an imaging apparatus that indicates a position which the therapeutic applicator takes in the body cavity, and that outputs position data representing the position of the therapeutic applicator, said imaging apparatus also being adapted to produce an image of the living tissues present in the body cavity; and a control unit that controls the therapeutic energy applied from the therapeutic applicator to the living tissues based on the position data outputted by the imaging apparatus so as to decrease an output of the therapeutic applicator or entirely inhibit the therapeutic applicator from applying therapeutic energy when the imaging apparatus is operated to obtain an image of the living tissues present in the body cavity; wherein the control unit determines a rate of treatment of the living tissues based on changes in images produced by the imaging apparatus, and changes values set in the therapeutic applicator in accordance with the determined rate of treatment.