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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Applicants:
Osaka University, Suita, JP;
Nexfi Technology Inc., Suita, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Nakamura, Suita, JP;
Tsuyoshi Funaki, Suita, JP;
Kiyokazu Nakajima, Suita, JP;
Yuji Kokubo, Fukushima, JP;
Assignees:
Osska University, Osaka, JP;
NexFi Technology Inc., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08);
Abstract
A flexible ultrasonic wave generating device () is inserted into a flexible tube () having flexibility, and an inductor (), a discharge resistor (), an FET (), and an SBD () constituting a drive circuit () are mounted on first to third flexible substrates () to (). An actuator () is connected to the distal end portion of the flexible ultrasonic wave generating device (). An active blade () is attached to the actuator ().