Treatment instrument and treatment system
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorKen YOKOYAMA
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Abstract
A treatment instrument which is used under an environment filled with an electrically conductive liquid includes a probe, a hollow sheath and an insulating member. The probe has a distal portion to chip a treatment target part by ultrasonic vibration and which allows the distal portion to function as one pole in a bipolar electrode. The sheath surrounds the probe. The insulating member covers the sheath except for a partial region on the distal side of the sheath. The partial region on the distal side of the sheath functions as the other pole in the bipolar electrode.
Claims13
1-15. (canceled)
A treatment instrument which is used under an environment filled with an electrically conductive liquid, the treatment instrument comprising:
- a probe which has a distal portion to chip a treatment target part by ultrasonic vibration and which allows the distal portion to function as one pole in a bipolar electrode;
- a hollow sheath which surrounds the probe;
- and
- an insulating member which covers the sheath except for a partial region on the distal side of the sheath,
- wherein the partial region functions as the other pole in the bipolar electrode,
- wherein the distal portion of the probe comprises a treatment portion which contacts the treatment target part, a back portion provided on the side opposite to the treatment portion, and side portions provided at positions between the treatment portion and the back portion,
- wherein the insulating member comprises a first insulating member which covers an inner peripheral surface of the sheath, and a second insulating member which covers an outer peripheral surface of the sheath,
- the sheath comprises
- a protrusion which protrudes to cover the back portion, and
- a cutout which is made to expose the treatment portion and the side portions of the probe,
- wherein in flat section which is cut in an intersecting plane with an extending direction of the probe, an angle formed by an angular portion located at the intersection of a plane defined by the cutout and an outer peripheral surface of the second insulating member is an obtuse angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.