Patent ID: 7458970

Claim:
A heating treatment apparatus comprising: a plurality of treatment tools each having a heater for generating heat for treating living-body tissues; a driving device having a connector receiving section composed in such a manner that at least one of the plurality of treatment tools can be attached to or detached therefrom, selectively, and a driving circuit for driving the heater by supplying electrical power thereto to one or more temperature levels; a resistance value detecting circuit for detecting a resistance value of the heater on the basis of the electrical power supplied to the heater by the driving circuit; a control section for controlling the supply of electrical power by the driving circuit, on the basis of the detection results of the resistance value detecting circuit; an identifying device provided respectively for each one of the plurality of treatment tools; a judging device for judging at least one treatment tool connected to the connector receiving section, on the basis of the identifying device; and a heating setting device for setting a resistance value for each temperature level, respectively, for controlling the driving circuit on the basis of the judgment results of the judging device.