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Patent US7799045 - Treatment apparatus and treatment device for surgical treatments using ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn ultrasonic treatment device comprises a transducer unit, probe unit, and a main unit. The transducer unit comprises an ultrasonic transducer generating ultrasonic vibration in response to supply of power. The probe unit has a treatment member at a distal end thereof. The probe unit is detachably loaded...http://www.google.com/patents/US7799045?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7799045 - Treatment apparatus and treatment device for surgical treatments using ultrasonic vibrationAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7799045 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/093,601Publication dateSep 21, 2010Filing dateMar 30, 2005Priority dateMar 30, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20050234338Publication number093601, 11093601, US 7799045 B2, US 7799045B2, US-B2-7799045, US7799045 B2, US7799045B2InventorsShinya MasudaOriginal AssigneeOlympus CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (38), Referenced by (30), Classifications (10), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetTreatment apparatus and treatment device for surgical treatments using ultrasonic vibration
US 7799045 B2Abstract
An ultrasonic treatment device comprises a transducer unit, probe unit, and a main unit. The transducer unit comprises an ultrasonic transducer generating ultrasonic vibration in response to supply of power. The probe unit has a treatment member at a distal end thereof. The probe unit is detachably loaded to the transducer unit, and is equipped with an ultrasonic probe transmitting the ultrasonic vibration to the distal end of the treatment member when the transducer unit is loaded to the probe unit. The main unit is manually grasped by an operator. The probe unit with the transducer unit loaded thereto is detachably loaded to the main unit. The main unit has a cylindrical insert through which the ultrasonic probe is inserted to have the treatment member protruded outwardly when the probe unit is loaded. The main unit further has an outer sheath detachably covering an outer surface of the insert.
The present application relates to and incorporates by reference to Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-098229 filed on Mar. 30, 2004.
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to facilitate cleaning in the inner space of an ultrasonic treatment device.
Hereinafter, various forms (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) for implementing this invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Now, a first embodiment is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12.
Moreover, an entire configuration of the ultrasonic treatment device 10 under an assembled status is regarded to be substantially “bar shape” and a longitudinal direction of the bar shape is herein referred to as an “axial direction”. Further, an area (at a left side in the drawing figure) closer to a distal end of the ultrasonic treatment device 10 in the axial direction is referred to as a “distal end”, a “distal end side” or a “distal end portion” and, in addition, another area (at a right side in the drawing figure) closer to the apparatus main part AU of the ultrasonic treatment device 10 in the axial direction is referred to as a “base end”, a “base end side” or a “base end portion”.
The maximum-diameter part 34 has a base end portion provided with a mounting screw 34 a that is coupled to a probe mounting member (not shown) of the distal end of the horn HN of the transducer unit 16. The mounting screw 34 a is screwed into a threaded bore part of the probe mounting member of the transducer unit 16. Therefore, the probe unit 14 and the transducer unit 16 can be unitarily assembled. The horn part 32 between the maximum-diameter part 34 and the vibration transmitting member 30 serves to amplify the amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration transferred from the transducer unit 16. The vibration transmitting member 30 transmits the ultrasonic vibration, whose amplitude is amplified with the horn part 32, toward the distal-end treatment member 36. The distal-end treatment member 36 is provided for the purpose of executing surgical treatment (hereinafter, merely referred to as “treatment”) in contact with a living tissue through the use of energy resulting from the ultrasonic vibration. The distal-end treatment member 36 is formed in an asymmetric shape, that is, a circular-arc configuration curved in a direction deviated from a central axis aligned on an axial direction of the vibration transmitting member 30.
The operational rod 120 takes the form of a rod main part 120 a made of a thin plate-like member that is substantially flat in shape and flexible. The operational rod 120 has a distal end portion formed with a jaw coupling part 120 b that is twisted at an angle of approximately 90° with respect to the laterally oriented rod main part 120 a and bent in a vertical direction. The jaw connecting part 120 b and upper edge sides of respective leg portions 132 c, 132 d of a jaw main part 132, described below, are rotatably coupled to each other by means of the connecting pin 140.
Next, a second embodiment is described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. This embodiment is a modified form of the first embodiment and the same component parts as those of the first embodiment bear like reference numerals to omit detail description.
Next, a third embodiment is described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 18. This embodiment is a modified form of the first embodiment and the same component parts as those described in the first embodiment bear like reference numerals to omit detailed description.
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