Title:
高超音波エネルギーによる組織処置方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004517671
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for high energetic ultrasound tissue shrinkage in a target area inside a living body from an outside surface or a body cavity of the living body. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound generator, a device to the applied against the skin or mucous membrane at the site of treatment, and a transducer connected with the ultrasound generator to emit generated therapeutic ultrasound energy through said device. Means are provided for cooling a contact surface of the device to be engaged with the skin or mucous membrane, and the device is made as an exchangeable product forming a heat exchange element between the device and the tissue.
Inventors:
Holmer, Nils-Gunnar
Application Number:
JP2002557292A
Publication Date:
June 17, 2004
Filing Date:
January 22, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Atos Medical Actie Borrag
International Classes:
A61B18/00; A61B17/22; A61N7/02; (IPC1-7): A61B18/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Kumi Imaeda
Masaya Nishiyama
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Kumi Imaeda
Masaya Nishiyama