Ultrasonic surgical apparatus
Patent 5058570 Issued on October 22, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 22, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 22, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 245401 filed on 07/21/1988US Classes:601/4, Contact-free comminution of concretion604/22, With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating (e.g., ultrasonic, etc.) tissue606/128With fragmenting meansExaminersPrimary: Smith, Ruth S.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA61B 017/22AbstractAn 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. | |
