Curative treatment system, curative treatment device, and treatment method for living tissue using energy
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsTomoyuki Takashino, Toru Nagase, Koji Iida, Mai Wakamatsu
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Abstract
A treatment system includes an energy source, a pair of holding portions, an output portion and a cooling section. To hold a living tissue of a treatment target, at least one of the pair of the holding portions relatively moves with respect to the other holding portion. The output portion is disposed on at least one of the holding portions and connected with the energy source. Moreover, the output portion thermally denatures the living tissue, when the energy is supplied from the energy source. The cooling section inhibits the thermal spread in a direction away from the output portion.
Claims31
A treatment system which applies energy to a living tissue to perform a treatment, comprising:
- an energy source which supplies the energy;
- a pair of holding portions which hold the living tissue, at least one of the holding portions being configured to relatively move with respect to the other holding portion;
- an output portion disposed on at least one of the holding portions and connected with the energy source, the output portion being configured to thermally denature the living tissue by the energy supplied from the energy source;
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- a cooling section which inhibits the spread of heat in a direction away from the output portion;
- wherein the cooling section includes a circulating-type conduit having a thermal conductivity so that, when a fluid for cooling is passed through the cooling section, the heat of the fluid is transferred to the outside of the conduit, and
- the conduit surrounds the exterior of the holding portions, and is in intimate contact with the living tissue when the living tissue is held by the holding portions.
A treatment device which applies energy to a living tissue, comprising:
- a holding section which holds the living tissue, the holding section including:
- first and second holding portions which relatively move with respect to each other;
- an output portion disposed on at least one of the first holding portion and the second holding portion and connected with an energy source, the output portion being configured to thermally denature the living tissue by the energy supplied from the energy source at a time when the living tissue is held between the first holding portion and the second holding portion;
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- a cooling section which inhibits the spread of heat from the denatured living tissue to a surrounding area thereof;
- wherein the cooling section includes a first channel which is provided on the side of a holding surface for guiding a fluid containing a gas and/or a liquid generated from the living tissue denatured by the energy, and a conduit for circulating the fluid in at least one of the first holding portion and the second holding portion provided in the vicinity of the first channel.
A treatment system which applies energy to a living tissue to perform a treatment, comprising:
- an energy source which supplies the energy;
- a pair of holding portions which hold the living tissue, at least one of the holding portions being configured to relatively move with respect to the other holding portion;
- an output portion disposed on at least one of the holding portions and connected with the energy source, the output portion being configured to thermally denature the living tissue by the energy supplied from the energy source;
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- a cooling section which inhibits the spread of heat in a direction away from the output portion;
- wherein the cooling section includes a channel which is provided on the side of a holding surface for guiding a fluid containing a gas and/or a liquid generated from the living tissue denatured by the energy, and a conduit which is provided in the vicinity of the channel for circulating the fluid in the holding portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.