Title:
TISSUE-RETAINING SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND MEDICAL TREATMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002096506
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An ultrasound medical treatment system (10) includes an end effector (12) insertable into a patient (14). The end effector (12) includes a tissue-retaining device (16). The tissue-retaining device (16) includes a first tissue-retaining member (18) having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer (26) and includes a second tissue-retaining member (22). The first and second tissue-retaining members (18, 22) are operatively connected together to retain patient tissue (24) between the first and second tissue-retaining members (18, 22) and to release patient tissue (24) so retained. In one example, the second tissue-retaining member (22) has an ultrasound reflector (28). In the same or a different example, the ultrasound medical-treatment transducer (26) is an ultrasound imaging and medical-treatment transducer.
Inventors:
MAKIN INDER RAJ S
DUNKI-JACOBS ROBERT
PELEGRINO RICHARD C
DUNKI-JACOBS ROBERT
PELEGRINO RICHARD C
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/016698
Publication Date:
October 30, 2003
Filing Date:
May 28, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY (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:
| US6159207A | 2000-12-12 | |||
| US6156029A | 2000-12-05 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1397074A4
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