ULTRASONIC OPERATING APPARATUS

• US 20070239029A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: OKABE, Hiroshi, MURAKAMI, Eiji, OSHIDA, Masami, ICHIHASHI, Hiroshi, IMOTO, Masaru
• Application Number:
  US11/695,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20070239029A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/471
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/320092 with additional movable means for clamping or cutting tissue, e.g. with a pivoting jaw
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320093 additional movable means performing cutting operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320095 with sealing or cauterizing means

Abstract

An ultrasonic operating apparatus having an ultrasonic oscillator to generate ultrasonic oscillation, an oscillation transmitting member for transmitting ultrasonic oscillation, which has a proximal end connected to the ultrasonic oscillator, a jaw which grasps a living tissue in a clearance to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member, a control unit which opens/closes the jaw with respect to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member, and an instruction unit which detects that the jaw is closed by the control unit, and instructs the ultrasonic oscillator to output oscillation energy to generate ultrasonic oscillation when the jaw is closed.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:

an ultrasonic oscillator to generate ultrasonic oscillation;

an oscillation transmitting member for transmitting ultrasonic oscillation, which is made by a bar-like body having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end connected to the ultrasonic oscillator;

a sheath which is made by a cylindrical body having a distal end and a proximal end, and inserted onto the oscillation transmitting member;

a jaw which is provided at the distal end of the sheath, and grasps a living tissue in a clearance to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member;

a control unit which is provided at the proximal end of the sheath, and opens/closes the jaw with respect to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member; and

an instruction unit which detects that the jaw is closed by the control unit, and instructs the ultrasonic oscillator to output oscillation energy to generate ultrasonic oscillation when the jaw is closed.

2. The ultrasonic operating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit has a movable operation part to move to open/close the jaw, and the instruction unit has a detector to detect closure of the jaw by the amount of movement of the movable operation part.

3. The ultrasonic operating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit has a selector to change largeness of ultrasonic oscillation generated by the ultrasonic oscillator.

4. An ultrasonic operation apparatus comprising a medical ultrasonic handpiece to cut and coagulate by using ultrasonic oscillation, the handpiece comprising:

an ultrasonic oscillator to generate ultrasonic oscillation;

an oscillation transmitting member for transmitting ultrasonic oscillation, which has a proximal end connected to the ultrasonic oscillator;

a grasping unit held openable\closable in a clearance to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member;

a grasping control unit which opens/closes the grasping unit, and grasps a living tissue between the grasping unit and the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member by closing the grasping unit with respect to the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member; and

an instruction unit which corresponds to the states of the grasping control unit, and instructs to output oscillation energy from the ultrasonic oscillator in the state that a living tissue is grasped between the grasping unit and the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member.

5. The ultrasonic operating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the grasping control unit has a movable operation part to move to open/close the grasping unit, and the instruction unit gives the output instruction in the state that the grasping control unit is operated to a position to move the grasping unit to the closed state to grasp the living tissue between the grasping unit and the distal end of the oscillation transmitting member.