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Ultrasound treatment system

  • US 6,056,735 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1997
  • Issued: 05/02/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ultrasound treatment system, comprising:

  • ultrasonic transducers for generating ultrasonic vibrations;

    a handpiece including said ultrasonic transducers and serving as an operation unit;

    a probe connected to said ultrasonic transducers, and serving as a vibration conveying means for conveying ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member constituting a stationary section of a treatment unit used to treat a living tissue;

    a sheath serving as a protective member for shielding said probe;

    a holding member opposed to said distal member at the distal end of said sheath, and constituting a movable section of said treatment unit which clamps a living tissue in cooperation with said distal member;

    a manipulating means to be handled for clamping or freeing a living tissue using said holding member and distal member;

    an operation member for driving said holding member responsively to a movement of said manipulating means; and

    a turning mechanism for turning said treatment unit relative to said manipulating means with the axial direction of said ultrasonic transducers as a center.

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