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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tadashi Kitayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic treatment system includes a probe which transmits ultrasonic vibration. In the system, a first energy generator generates treatment energy suitable for treating a living tissue in accordance with an instruction from a first instruction part. The probe is made ultrasonically vibrate with the first amplitude. A second energy generator generates destruction energy suitable for destroying the probe in accordance with an instruction from a second instruction part. The probe is made ultrasonically vibrate with the second amplitude.