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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Yamada, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasuo Tanigami, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00964 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320082 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320088 (2013.01);
Abstract
The treatment section integrally includes, on the distal side of a probe, a cortical bone abrasion portion which abrades a living body tissue or a bone among treated target parts by mechanical abrasion by ultrasonic vibration, and a cartilage abrasion portion which generates heat by ultrasonic vibration and abrades a cartilage among the treated target parts by dissolutive abrasion.