IP Library Patent Application 14884102
Patent Application
App. No. 14/884,102

TREATMENT DEVICE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM

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App. No.
14/884,102
Abstract

A treatment device which applies energy to a biological tissue to treat the biological tissue, includes: an interlocking mechanism that regulates at least one of a closing time until first and second jaws reach a closed state from an opened state when one operation is input into an operating body for a handle, and a unit closing amount from the opened state toward the closed state, interlocks at least one of the first and second jaws with the operating body, and is interposed between the operating body and the handle; and an elastic member that is disposed in the interlocking mechanism, couples the operating body with the handle, pulls the operating body toward the handle at a constant load or a constant pressure, and regulates the closing time until the closed state is reached from the opened state.

Claims (30)

1 . A treatment device which applies energy to a biological tissue to treat the biological tissue, comprising:

first and second jaws that are closable to and separable from each other;

a first holding surface that is disposed on the first jaw;

a second holding surface that is disposed on the second jaw to face the first holding surface, and is relatively openable and closable between an opened state where the second holding surface is separated from the first holding surface and a closed state where the second holding surface is close to the first holding surface;

a handle that is supported by an operator;

an operating body that is disposed in the handle and into which an operation of bringing the first and second jaws close to each other is inputtable;

an interlocking mechanism that regulates at least one of a closing time until the first and second jaws reach the closed state from the opened state when one operation is input into the operating body for the handle, and a unit closing amount from the opened state toward the closed state, that interlocks at least one of the first and second jaws with the operating body, and that is interposed between the operating body and the handle; and

an elastic member that is disposed in the interlocking mechanism, couples the operating body with the handle, pulls the operating body toward the handle at a constant load or a constant pressure, and regulates the closing time until the closed state is reached from the opened state.

2 . The treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic member is configured to exert an urging force to urge the operating body toward the handle between the operating body and the handle,

the treatment device comprising a damper that buffers the urging force and regulates the closing time until the first and second jaws reach the closed state from the opened state, between the operating body and the handle.

3 . The treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein the interlocking mechanism includes a pinion that is disposed in the handle and rotates by the urging force of the elastic member, and a rack meshed with the pinion and supported by the operating body.

4 . The treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic member is configured to urge the first and second jaws to close the first and second jaws until the closed state is reached from the opened state, and

the interlocking member includes a cam that is disposed in the elastic member and regulates the closing time until the closed state is reached from the opened state, and a pressing body that is moved in accordance with a motion of the cam and operates the first and second jaws to close the first and second jaws.

5 . The treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operating body includes a rotary rod having an external thread, and

the interlocking mechanism includes an internal thread into which the external thread is screwed in the handle, and an axially movable body that operates the first and second jaws to close the first and second jaws, and is configured to regulate the closing time until the closed state is reached from the opened state.

6 . The treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the interlocking mechanism includes a movable rod that advances as much as a predetermined amount when the one operation is input into the operating body, and a restricting portion that restricts the movable rod from retreating, and is configured to regulate the unit closing amount from the opened state toward the closed state when the one operation is input into the operating body.

7 . The treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operating body includes a rotary rod having an external thread, and a projecting body urged to the rotary rod outwardly in a radial direction, and

the interlocking mechanism includes an internal thread into which the external thread is screwed in the handle, and a long hole that is disposed in the handle, through which the projecting body is projectable to the outside and that is long along an axial direction of the rotary rod, and the interlocking mechanism is configured to regulate the unit closing amount from the opened state toward the closed state when the one operation is input into the operating body.

8 . The treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the interlocking mechanism includes:

a movable rod that is movable along an axial direction thereof;

a pressing body that advances the movable rod to the handle as much as a predetermined amount when the one operation is input into the operating body; and

a restricting portion that restricts the movable rod from retreating, and

the interlocking mechanism is configured to regulate the unit closing amount for the each one operation.

9 . A treatment system comprising:

the treatment device according to claim 1 ; and

an energy source that allows an energy output portion of the treatment device to output the energy to the biological tissue held between the first and second jaws.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042933/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2015
From: ICHIKAWA, HIROAKI; HASHIMOTO, TATSUTOSHI; KASAHARA, HIDEYUKI; SOBAJIMA, HIDEO; TAKEI, YUSUKE
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036801/0682 →