Treatment apparatus and method of controlling same
AssigneeLutronic Corporation
InventorKwang Chon KO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a method of controlling the same. There are provided a treatment apparatus, including a handpiece, an RF generator generating RF energy, an insertion unit configured to advance and retract toward one direction of the handpiece, selectively inserted into a tissue, and electrically connected to the RF generator to transfer the RF energy to the inside of the tissue, and a substance storage unit receiving a therapeutic substance therein and detachably installed on one side of the handpiece to transfer the substance to the inside of the tissue by the advancing operation of the insertion unit and a method of controlling the same.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a handpiece;
- an insertion unit configured to advance and retract toward one direction of the handpiece and selectively inserted into a tissue;
- a substance storage unit receiving a therapeutic substance therein and detachably installed on one side of the handpiece to transfer the substance to the inside of the tissue by the advancing operation of the insertion unit, and
- a controller controlling the advancing and retracting operation of the insertion unit,
- wherein an end of the insertion unit is inserted into the tissue when the insertion unit advances, and the end of the insertion unit is received within the substance storage unit when the retracting operation of the insertion unit is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.