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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Tabata, Shiojiri, JP;
Takahiro Matsuzaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Shinichi Miyazaki, Suwa, JP;
Takeshi Seto, Chofu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An excision device configured to excise living tissue by ejecting liquid includes: a supplying unit configured to supply liquid to be ejected; a chamber configured to be filled with the supplied liquid; an ejection nozzle connected to the chamber; a drive member configured to be deformed in the direction to reduce the volume of the chamber when a drive voltage is applied more than a case where the drive voltage is not applied; a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject the liquid in the chamber in a pulsed manner from the ejection nozzle by applying the drive voltage to the drive member in a state in which the chamber is filled with the supplied liquid; and an air-bubble detecting unit configured to detect air bubbles in the chamber by detecting an electric current flowing in the drive member when the drive voltage is applied to the drive member.