Patent ID: 6340352
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An ultrasound treatment system, comprising:ultrasonic transducers for generating ultrasonic vibrations; a handpiece including said ultrasonic transducers and serving as an operation unit; a probe connected to said ultrasonic transducers and serving as a vibration conveying member for conveying ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member constituting a stationary section of a treatment unit used to treat a living tissue; a cautery knife signal supply means for supplying a cautery knife signal to said probe; a sensing means for sensing if either said cautery knife signal or a driving signal sent from a driving means that causes said ultrasonic transducers to generate ultrasonic vibrations is applied to said probe; and a control means for performing the on-off operation of supply of either said driving signal or said cautery knife signal according to a result provided by said sensing means.