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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Chie Onuma, Tama, JP;
Yasuo Tanigami, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00977 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02);
Abstract
A treatment method is a treatment method for cutting cartilage of a human body by an ultrasonic device including a cutting section that ultrasonically vibrates. The treatment method includes cutting the cartilage with a product of an amplitude of the cutting section and a pressing force for pressing the cutting section against the cartilage being 100 (N·μm) or larger.