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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Ken Yokoyama, Fussa, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical instrument for boring a hole in a femur, including: an ultrasonic vibrator capable of generating ultrasonic vibration; a probe including a proximal end portion connected with the ultrasonic vibrator and a distal end treatment portion capable of boring a bone hole in the femur, and transmitting the ultrasonic vibration; and a cylindrical member covering the proximal end portion of the probe and not covering an exposed portion including the distal end treatment portion. The distal end treatment portion includes a columnar portion having a cross-sectional area that is larger than that of a remainder of the exposed portion of the probe.