US5058570A
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Ultrasonic surgical apparatus
Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-11-27
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Granted: 1991-10-22
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Expires: 2006-11-27
Abstract
Abstract An ultrasonic surgical apparatus for crushing, sucking and removing undesirable substances inside the body such as an ulcerous tissue, thrombus and calcium clod by means of mechanical vibrations of a flexible ultrasonic probe (17). The surgical apparatus comprises a horn (5) connected to an ultrasonic vibration source (4) and adapted to transmit and amplify mechanical vibrations of an ultrasonic frequency, an ultrasonic probe (17) including a flexible linear transmitting member (44) having a working portion (21) adapted to effect mechanical vibration of an ultrasonic frequency, a horn cover (6) at least a portion of which is made of a flexible material, and a flexible tube (8) having three inner holes and three branch tubes communicating with the inner holes and connected to the horn cover (6) through the one branch tube (7). The ultrasonic probe (17) is disposed in one of the inner holes (20) communicated with the latter one branch tube (7), and a suction device (11) and a liquid injector (14) are connected to two of the branch tubes.
Inventors
- 👤 Morito Idemoto
- 👤 Yasuo Noguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 00:08
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/22; A61B17/22004; A61B17/22012; A61B17/32; A61B17/320068; A61B2017/320084; A61B2217/00; A61B2217/002; A61B2217/005; A61B2217/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
204 words
In a ultrasonic surgical apparatus comprising an ultrasonic vibration source (4) for generating ultrasonic vibrations, an oscillator means (1) connected to said ultrasonic vibration source for supplying high-frequency electric energy to said ultrasonic vibration source, a horn (5) connected to said ultrasonic vibration source and adapted to transmit and amplify mechanical vibrations of an ultrasonic frequency, and a suction means (11) for sucking and removing an undesirable substance from an operated part, the improvement comprising, an ultrasonic probe (17) constituted by a flexible elongated transmitting member secured at one end to a tip of said horn and having at the other end a working portion adapted to effect mechanical vibration of said ultrasonic frequency, a horn cover (6) at least a portion of which is made of a flexible material, a flexible tube (8) having three inner nonconcentric, parallel, axially extending bores and three branch tubes each communicating with one of said inner bores, and connected to said horn cover, said ultrasonic probe extending through one of said inner bore and said suction means connected to one of said branch tubes, wherein a bellows-like portion of flexible material ia provided to a portion of said horn cover (6) to make said horn cover flexible.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
204 words
In a ultrasonic surgical apparatus comprising an ultrasonic vibration source (4) for generating ultrasonic vibrations, an oscillator means (1) connected to said ultrasonic vibration source for supplying high-frequency electric energy to said ultrasonic vibration source, a horn (5) connected to said ultrasonic vibration source and adapted to transmit and amplify mechanical vibrations of an ultrasonic frequency, and a suction means (11) for sucking and removing an undesirable substance from an operated part, the improvement comprising, an ultrasonic probe (17) constituted by a flexible elongated transmitting member secured at one end to a tip of said horn and having at the other end a working portion adapted to effect mechanical vibration of said ultrasonic frequency, a horn cover (6) at least a portion of which is made of a flexible material, a flexible tube (8) having three inner nonconcentric, parallel, axially extending bores and three branch tubes each communicating with one of said inner bores, and connected to said horn cover, said ultrasonic probe extending through one of said inner bore and said suction means connected to one of said branch tubes, wherein a bellows-like portion of flexible material ia provided to a portion of said horn cover (6) to make said horn cover flexible.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
An ultrasonic surgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said working portion (21) of said ultrasonic probe (17) is oblique-angled or arcuate in shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An ultrasonic surgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a liquid injector means (14) for injecting an irrigation liquid is in fluid connection with one of said branch tubes of said flexible tube (8).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An ultrasonic surgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said flexible tube (8) has an inflatable and deflatable balloon (26) adjacent said working portion of said ultrasonic probe (17).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
An ultrasonic surgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the surface of said bore in which said ultrasonic probe (17) is disposed and outer periphery of said flexible tube (8) are coated with an antithrombotic substance.
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