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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Maeda, Higashiyamoto, JP;
Hideyuki Kasahara, Hamura, JP;
Akihito Kano, Hamburg, DE;
Hiroaki Ichikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Komagata, Ebina, JP;
Randal J. Kadykowski, South Lyon, MI (US);
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surgical treatment device which is used together with an endoscope, includes a sheath, a treatment portion which is arranged at the distal end portion of the sheath and includes first to third electrodes configured to treat a living tissue by using electrical energy, an operation portion which is arranged at a proximal end portion of the sheath and which is configured to operate the treatment portion, and a switching portion which is configured to switch between a first mode in which a treatment is given by using the first electrode and at least one of the second and third electrodes in the treatment portion and a second mode in which a treatment is given by using the second and third electrodes.