Patent ID: 6280440
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A cautery apparatus including a liquid-supply pump connected to a sheath for supplying a liquid into a probe that is inserted into a body cavity of a patient for cauterizing tissue therein, comprising:a main body;a pump driving device provided in the main body;a liquid-supply pump unit detachedly provided in the main body, the liquid-supply pump unit containing the liquid-supply pump therein and having a casing;a cautery probe connected to the liquid-supply pump unit, and having a passage connected to a passage provided in the liquid-supply pump unit;an attaching device for detachably attaching the liquid-supply pump unit to the main body; anda coupling mechanism for coupling a driving shaft of the liquid-supply pump to a driving shaft of the pump driving device when the liquid-supply pump unit is attached to the main body, and separating the driving shafts of the liquid supply pump and the pump driving device from each other when the liquid-supply pump unit and the main body are detached from each other.