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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1993
Tomohisa Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Nagaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsumaru Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus comprising an apparatus body including a drive source for ultrasonic oscillation, a hand piece including an ultrasonic vibrator and removably connected to the apparatus body, a drive unit in the apparatus body for applying voltage to the ultrasonic vibrator of the hand piece, thereby driving the ultrasonic vibrator, a probe removably connected to the hand piece and adapted to be vibrated by ultrasonic vibration produced as the ultrasonic vibrator is driven, thereby treating organic tissue, a water supply unit for supplying cooling water to cool the probe, a suction unit for removing waste matter by suction from the organic tissue treated by means of the cooling water and the probe, an ultrasonic output setting section for setting a preset value for an ultrasonic output from the ultrasonic vibrator, a feedwater output setting section for setting a preset value for a feedwater output from the water supply unit, a feedwater output control section for controlling the feedwater output setting by the feedwater output setting section so that the preset feedwater output value is a value such that the probe is cooled and is not excessively heated, and a memory unit for storing the preset values for the ultrasonic output and the feedwater output.