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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2021
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Wakai, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Tsurimoto, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An energy treatment tool includes: a first gripping piece and second gripping piece that are coupled so as to be relatively opened and closed, the first and second gripping pieces respectively having a first gripping surface and a second gripping surface that are opposed to each other in a closed state and treating, by energy, living tissue gripped between the first and second gripping surfaces; and an alignment part that is provided on the first and second gripping pieces and that aligns the first and second gripping surfaces with each other in a process of closing the first and second gripping pieces, wherein at least one of the first and second gripping surfaces includes a treatment surface that emits energy, and the alignment part is provided at a position other than the treatment surface.