IP Library Granted Patent US 9,662,513
Granted Patent B2
US 9,662,513 · App. 14/524,557 · Granted May 30, 2017

Ultrasonic vibration treatment device

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Patent No.
US 9,662,513
App. No.
14/524,557
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A treatment device is constituted of: an ultrasonic vibration element unit; a probe unit that can be attached or detached by rotating the ultrasonic vibration element unit, transmits ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic vibration element unit to a distal end side, and gives a treatment; a handle unit that has the probe unit penetrating therethrough and is configured to hold the probe unit so that its distal end extends; and a protruding portion provided to prevent the probe unit and the handle unit from relatively revolving around an axis of the probe, the handle unit including the probe unit that transmits the ultrasonic vibration and being attachable to/detachable from the ultrasonic vibration element unit.

Claims (28)

1. A treatment device comprising:

an ultrasonic vibration element unit having an ultrasonic vibration element that generates ultrasonic vibration in response to a supply of electric power;

a probe unit configured to transmit the ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic vibration element unit to a distal end side and give a treatment, the probe unit including a jaw and a probe distal end portion that open and close in an alligator mouth shape, and hold a treatment target region, the jaw including:

a holding surface disposed opposite of the probe distal end portion, and

a T-shaped resin pad penetrating through filling spaces, the T-shaped resin pad having: (i) an inner cross-section that is larger than an opening surface formed on the holding surface of the jaw, (ii) one end exposed in a center of the holding surface, and (iii) a portion of each of two opposite ends of the T-shaped resin pad extend in a lateral direction and each opposite end is exposed on a respective side surface of the jaw;

a handle unit having the probe unit penetrating therethrough, the handle unit being configured to hold the probe unit in a revolvable state in a predetermined periaxial direction;

a protruding portion preventing the handle unit from relatively revolving around an axis of the probe unit, the protruding portion being: (i) sandwiched between the handle unit and the probe unit, and (ii) fixed at a node position of vibration of the probe unit; and

a damaged portion formed on the protruding portion positioned between the handle unit and the probe unit, the damaged portion including a cut portion or a notch portion in the predetermined periaxial direction.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the protruding portion has a top part and a bottom part, the top part being present inside a housing of the handle unit, the bottom part being integrally coupled with the probe unit, and

the damaged portion is formed on a surface between the top part and the bottom part.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the damaged portion is formed on a surface of a side on which force is applied when the handle unit is revolved in a first periaxial direction of the probe unit when removing the probe from the handle unit.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion has a prism-like shape or a plate-like shape.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a step or a taper is included in a surface that connects a surface exposed on the holding surface to a T-shaped root portion.

6. A treatment device comprising:

a transducer having an ultrasonic vibration element configured to generate ultrasonic vibration;

a probe configured to transmit the ultrasonic vibration generated by the transducer to a distal end side of the probe, the probe including a jaw and a probe distal end portion that open and close in an alligator mouth shape, and hold a treatment target region, the jaw including:

a holding surface disposed opposite of the probe distal end portion, and

a T-shaped resin pad penetrating through filling spaces, the T-shaped resin pad having: (i) an inner cross-section that is larger than an opening surface formed on the holding surface of the jaw, (ii) one end exposed in a center of the holding surface, and (iii) a portion of each of two opposite ends of the T-shaped resin pad extend in a lateral direction and each opposite end is exposed on a respective side surface of the jaw;

a handle having the probe penetrating therethrough, the handle being configured to hold the probe in a revolvable state in a predetermined periaxial direction;

a protruding portion preventing the handle from relatively revolving around an axis of the probe, the protruding portion being: (i) sandwiched between the handle and the probe, and (ii) fixed at a node position of vibration of the probe; and

a damaged portion formed on the protruding portion positioned between the handle and the probe, the damaged portion including a cut portion or a notch portion in the predetermined periaxial direction.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein

the protruding portion has a top part and a bottom part, the top part being present inside a housing of the handle, the bottom part being integrally coupled with the probe, and

the damaged portion is formed on a surface between the top part and the bottom part.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the damaged portion is formed on a surface of a side on which force is applied when the handle is revolved in a first periaxial direction of the probe when removing the probe from the handle.

9. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the protruding portion has a prism-like shape or a plate-like shape.

10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein a step or a taper is included in a surface that connects a surface exposed on the holding surface to a T-shaped root portion.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042933/0001 →
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: SANAI, HIDEO; KAWAGUCHI, YUKI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042255/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2014
From: SANAI, HIDEO; KAWAGUCHI, YUKI
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 034042/0461 →