Patent ID: 7922651
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A treatment method comprising: an insertion process of inserting an insertion unit of an endoscope apparatus into a subject, the endoscope apparatus including: an arrangement process of arranging a treated site of a subject in a visual field of the observation unit; a marking process of performing marking of surrounding tissue of the treated site; an injection process of injecting a local injection solution into a lower portion of the treated site through an inside channel of the insertion unit; an incision and dissection process of incising and dissecting a living tissue including the treated site with the ultrasonic treatment apparatus, the living tissue being raised by the injection of the local injection solution; and a hemostatic process of performing hemostasis with the ultrasonic treatment apparatus when bleeding is generated in the incision and dissection process, wherein the incision and dissection process includes sandwiching the living tissue between the treatment unit and the flat plate, applying ultrasonic vibration, and twisting the treatment unit in a circumferential direction.