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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sohei Ueda, Yamato, JP;
Chie Onuma, Tama, JP;
Manabu Ishikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Michio Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Sakamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Ken Fujisaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical procedure of preparing bone holes to fix an implanted tendon to a femur when performing reconstruction of a ligament in a knee joint, includes: bringing a treatment portion of an ultrasonic treatment instrument into contact with the femur in the knee joint, and applying ultrasonic vibration from the treatment portion to the femur, thereby cutting and forming a first bone hole from the inside of the knee joint to the femur in a predetermined depth.