Ultrasonic treatment apparatus

• US 7,837,699 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Haruhiko, Watanabe, Hiroyoshi, Takahashi, Hiroyuki, Yamada, Norihiro, Nakamura, Takeaki, Suzuki, Keita
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Anhtuan T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tanner; Jocelin C
• Application Number:
  US11/485,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20060264750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: 606/169, 623/1.11, 600/459
• US Class Current: 606/169
• 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 2017/0034 adapted to be inserted through a working channel of an endoscope
• 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 treatment apparatus includes a sheath having an opening at a distal end thereof; an ultrasonic transducer provided at a distal portion of the sheath and generating ultrasonic vibration; an ultrasonic transmission member connected to the ultrasonic transducer at a proximal end thereof, transmitting the ultrasonic vibration, and provided with a treatment part at a distal end thereof; a gripper moving to the treatment part and grasping the part to be treated between the gripper and the treatment part; a link member connected to the gripper and provided on a side of the ultrasonic transmission member; a manipulator part connected to a proximal end part of the link member to open and close the gripper; and a rigid member which the ultrasonic transducer is inserted into and secured to.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprising:

a sheath that includes an opening at a distal end thereof, and is configured to be inserted into a body from the distal end;

a rigid member that is in a substantially cylindrical shape and attached to the distal end of the sheath;

an ultrasonic transducer that is provided in a distal end of the rigid member, and generates ultrasonic vibration;

an ultrasonic transmission member that includes a treatment part protruding from the rigid member, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the treatment part;

a gripper that is rotatably attached to the rigid member, and grasps a part to be treated with the treatment part;

a wire that is inserted in the sheath, a first end of the wire being connected to the gripper; and

a manipulator part that is connected to a second end of the wire to manipulate the gripper to an open position and a closed position with respect to the treatment part, wherein

the rigid member includes an ultrasonic transducer holder having a truncated circular cross-section to hold the ultrasonic transducer therein, and

a connecting part of the gripper and the wire is located in a space adjacent of the ultrasonic transducer holder.

2. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the gripper includes a gripping matter that is rotatably attached to a side of the rigid member, and protrudes from the rigid member to grasp the part to be treated with the treatment part, and

the first end of the wire is connected to the gripper outside the rigid member.

3. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the treatment part is provided at an eccentric position with respect to an axis passing through a center of an inner periphery of the sheath.

4. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a supporting member that rotatably supports the gripper with respect to the rigid member.

5. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the gripper includes a securing member that extends from a position supported by the supporting member in a direction toward an axis passing through a center inside the rigid member, and

the first end of the wire is connected to the securing member at a position other than the position supported by the supporting member.

6. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a supporting member that rotatably supports the gripper with respect to the rigid member, wherein

the treatment part is provided at an eccentric position with respect to an axis passing through a center of an inner periphery of the sheath, and

the supporting member rotatably supports the gripper with respect to the rigid member on a side opposite the eccentric position.

7. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rigid member includes

a transducer cover that covers the ultrasonic transducer, and an outer tube that covers the transducer cover.

8. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transducer cover includes

a communicative connection hole that is communicatively connected to the ultrasonic transducer holder,

a groove that is formed in a longitudinal direction of the transducer cover and has a U-shaped cross section to dispose the wire,

a side hole that is communicatively connected to the groove, and

a connecting hole for wiring.

9. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheath is flexible.

10. An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprising:

a sheath that includes an opening at a distal end thereof, and is configured to be inserted into a body from the distal end;

a rigid member that has a cylindrical portion and is attached to the distal end of the sheath;

an ultrasonic transducer that is provided in the rigid member, and generates ultrasonic vibration;

an ultrasonic transmission member that includes a treatment part protruding from the rigid member, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the treatment part;

a gripper that is rotatably attached to the rigid member, and grasps a part to be treated with the treatment part;

a wire that is inserted in the sheath, a first end of the wire being connected to the gripper; and

a manipulator part that is connected to a second end of the wire to manipulate the gripper to an open position and a closed position with respect to the treatment part;

wherein

the rigid member includes, in part of a side thereof, a plane surface parallel to a direction in which the sheath is inserted into and removed from the patient to be treated,

the gripper is rotatably attached to the plane surface of the rigid member, and

the first end of the wire is connected to the gripper at a pivot having an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane surface.