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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Norihiro Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Norihiro Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope includes an inserted unit for being inserted into a celomic cavity of a body and having therein at least one channel, and an ultrasonic treatment apparatus including a transmitting member that transmits an ultrasonic wave produced by an ultrasonic vibrator, and a treatment unit provided on a distal end of the transmitting member and for being inserted, together with the transmitting member, into the channel. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus is arranged within the channel by positioning a distal end of the treatment unit within a field of vision of the endoscope.