Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knee joint surgical treatment
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Application No.: US14878684Application Date: 2015-10-08
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Publication No.: US10052119B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Sohei Ueda , Chie Onuma , Manabu Ishikawa
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B17/3205

Abstract:
A surgical treatment of an ACL or a PCL of a knee joint under an arthroscope, includes: contacting a treating portion of an ultrasonic device with a start region to which the ACL or the PCL of a femur adheres, and excising the femur and a remaining ligament of the ACL, or the femur and a remaining ligament of the PCL by ultrasonically vibrating the treating portion, thereby exposing a footprint of the femur; and contacting the treating portion with an end region to which the ACL or the PCL of a tibia adheres, and excising the tibia and a remaining ligament of the ACL, or the tibia and a remaining ligament of the PCL by ultrasonically vibrating the treating portion, thereby exposing a footprint of the tibia.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170100156A1 KNEE JOINT SURGICAL TREATMENT Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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