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Title:
THERAPEUTIC HEATING APPARATUS, AND ABNORMALITY NOTIFICATION METHOD FOR THERAPEUTIC HEATING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005287804
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a therapeutic heating apparatus capable of detecting possibility that a storage tank becomes empty and that cooling water is leaked.

The thermotherapeutic apparatus for carrying out thermotherapy by inserting an applicator 1 into a living body and irradiating biological tissue with energy from the applicator 1 comprises: a cooling water bag 8 for storing the cooling water to be circulated to the applicator for cooling the surface of the living body and the applicator 1 irradiated with energy; a storage tank 5 for storing the cooling water for filling the cooling water bag 8; an upper limit sensor 75 for detecting whether the quantity of the cooling water stored in the bag 8 is not smaller than a prescribed quantity; a control part 62 for filling the bag 8 with the cooling water from the tank 5; a total filling timer 64 for measuring a total filling time for filling the bag 8 with the cooling water from the tank 5; and a display device 4 for displaying the abnormality when the total filling time amounts to the prescribed time.


Inventors:
TAKASHINO TOMOYUKI
SATO TAIRYO
YAMAMOTO MASANOBU
ARIURA SHIGEKI
SAKAGUCHI SATOSHI
IRISAWA YUICHIRO
KANO WATARU
OTSUBO YASUKAZU
Application Number:
JP2004107667A
Publication Date:
October 20, 2005
Filing Date:
March 31, 2004
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP
TERUMO CORP
International Classes:
A61B18/20; A61B18/04; A61B18/18; A61B18/22; A61F7/00; A61F7/12; A61M1/00; A61N5/02; A61N5/06; A61B18/00; (IPC1-7): A61B18/20; A61B18/04; A61B18/18; A61F7/12; A61N5/02; A61N5/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mikio Hatta
Yasuo Nara
Etsuko Saito
Katsuyuki Utani
Toshifumi Fujii