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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Sakamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Chie Onuma, Tama, JP;
Kiichiro Sawada, Hachioji, JP;
Ken Fujisaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshida, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Takekoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Sohei Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Tanigami, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an arthroendoscopical surgical method, a resection target area, and a freshening treatment area which becomes repair surfaces with bleeding, are identified, and a resection line and a freshening line are drawn on a tear site in a meniscus, which is emphasized by fluorescence with use of a fluorescent medicine under excitation light. Using an ultrasonic treatment tool and an arthroscope, the resection target area is resected by a probe which generates ultrasonic vibrations, based on the resection line and freshening line under visible-light illumination. Thus, an inclined resection surface is formed, and planar repair surfaces with bleeding are joined and repaired.