Title:
ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER, ULTRASOUND TREATMENT TOOL, ULTRASOUND TREATMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/066983
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer (12) for an ultrasound treatment tool for treating living tissue has a piezoelectric element (24 (24a, 24b)) that generates ultrasonic vibrations, and a frame (22) capable of transmitting the vibrations generated by the piezoelectric element to a vibration-transmitting member (14). The frame has a mounting section (48) in which the piezoelectric element is mounted laterally with respect to the central axis (C) of the vibration-transmitting member which comes into contact with living tissue.
Inventors:
SAWADA YUKIHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/075732
Publication Date:
May 24, 2012
Filing Date:
November 08, 2011
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP (JP)
SAWADA YUKIHIKO (JP)
SAWADA YUKIHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
A61B18/00; H04R17/10
Foreign References:
| JPH08163696A | 1996-06-21 | |||
| JP2005094552A | 2005-04-07 | |||
| JP2009189046A | 2009-08-20 | |||
| JPS63255677A | 1988-10-21 | |||
| US20080103418A1 | 2008-05-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KURATA, Masatoshi et al. (JP)
Masatoshi Kurata (JP)
Masatoshi Kurata (JP)
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