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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Keisuke Miura, Hachioji, JP;
Norihiko Hareyama, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Keisuke Miura, Hachioji, JP;
Norihiko Hareyama, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Treatment equipment for treating body tissue comprises heater elements which are heated by electric power supplied from an electric power supply circuit, and the heat of the heater elements is provided to the body tissue through a heat transmitting member. The state of thermal connection between the heater elements and the heat transmitting member is determined by a determining device for determining the thermal connection state.