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Title:
THERAPEUTIC ULTRASONIC ADAPTER AND ULTRASONIC THERAPY DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014226420
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent increasing an outside diameter dimension of a diagnostic ultrasonic probe and to cool an ultrasonic transducer with improving insertability and operability into a trocar and a throat.SOLUTION: A therapeutic ultrasonic adapter 1 comprises: a housing 3 that is detachably attached to a diagnostic ultrasonic probe 8 which includes a diagnostic ultrasonic transducer 11 arranged at a tip of an insertion section 9 insertable into a body; a therapeutic ultrasonic transducer 4 that is fixed to the housing 3 and emits a densely-focused therapeutic ultrasonic wave to a focal point P that is arranged in an imaging range of the diagnostic ultrasonic transducer 11 while the housing 3 is attached to the diagnostic ultrasonic probe 8; and a heat radiation unit 5 that is arranged in vicinity to or in contact with the therapeutic ultrasonic transducer 4, is arranged in a state of at least partially being exposed to the outside of the housing 3 and is made of a material having higher thermal conductivity than the housing 3.

Inventors:
KUMADA YOSHIYUKI
KIMURA KAYU
MURAKAMI MINEYUKI
Application Number:
JP2013109933A
Publication Date:
December 08, 2014
Filing Date:
May 24, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP
International Classes:
A61B18/00; A61B8/12
Domestic Patent References:
JPH07227394A1995-08-29
JP2009082361A2009-04-23
JPS62275438A1987-11-30
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ueda Kunio
Takaharu Fujita