Litholysis apparatus provided with safe stop function
US5213571A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 25, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/22084
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A treatment apparatus for removing a coagulum such as a calculus or the like produced in an organism by dissolving it comprises irrigation with a medical fluid by using an irrigation pump and suction of the medical fluid by using a suction pump. In this apparatus, when a switch for stopping treatment is operated, the apparatus is not immediately stopped, but the apparatus is stopped after the medical fluid introduced into the organism has been completely discharged so that no medical fluid harmful to the organism remains in the organism.
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