Title:
EXCISIONAL AND ULTRASOUND MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002096505
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An ultrasound medical treatment system (108) includes a tube (96) and first and second end effectors (110). The tube (96) has a distal end (100) insertable into a patient and has a lumen (012). The first end effector has a cutting tool (184), is insertable into the lumen of the inserted tube from outside the patient, and is translatable through the lumen of the inserted tube to inside the patient. The second end effector has an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer assembly (112), is introducible into the lumen of the inserted tube from outside the patient, and is translatable through the lumen of the inserted tube to inside the patient. In one use, the cutting tool (184) takes a biopsy sample of possibly cancerous breast tissue (196) of a patient, and the breast receives ultrasound medical treatment from the transducer assembly to stop hemorrhaging.
Inventors:
MAKIN INDER RAJ S
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/016697
Publication Date:
November 06, 2003
Filing Date:
May 28, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/00; A61B8/12; A61B17/32; A61B17/34; A61N7/02; H04R17/00; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B17/22; A61B17/28; A61B19/00; A61N7/00; (IPC1-7): A61B8/14
Foreign References:
| US5345940A | 1994-09-13 | |||
| US5421338A | 1995-06-06 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1397073A4
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