Ultrasonic surgical apparatus
US5058570A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2217/007
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical apparatus for crushing, sucking and removing undesirable substances inside the body such as an ulcerous tissue, thrombus and calcium clod by means of mechanical vibrations of a flexible ultrasonic probe (17). The surgical apparatus comprises a horn (5) connected to an ultrasonic vibration source (4) and adapted to transmit and amplify mechanical vibrations of an ultrasonic frequency, an ultrasonic probe (17) including a flexible linear transmitting member (44) having a working portion (21) adapted to effect mechanical vibration of an ultrasonic frequency, a horn cover (6) at least a portion of which is made of a flexible material, and a flexible tube (8) having three inner holes and three branch tubes communicating with the inner holes and connected to the horn cover (6) through the one branch tube (7). The ultrasonic probe (17) is disposed in one of the inner holes (20) communicated with the latter one branch tube (7), and a suction device (11) and a liquid injector (14) are connected to two of the branch tubes.
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