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Medical energy irradiation apparatus
   
Document Number
US Patent 7008416
Issued Date
March 7, 2006
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Karino; Wataru (Nakai-machi,JP)
Maki; Shin (Nakai-machi,JP)
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Abstract
To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which, having a simple and inexpensively manufacturable structure, enables a doctor using it in the heat curing of prostatic hypertrophy or the like to accurately and stably irradiate a prescribed site deep in a living body with a laser beam and, even if its observation window is smeared, to observe tissues of a living body. An inserting portion of the medical energy irradiation apparatus to be inserted into a living body according to the invention has an emitting portion for emitting a laser beam toward tissues of the living body; an observation window, provided near the tip of the inserting portion in its inserting direction, for observing the tissues of the living body; and a hollow pipe for supporting a supporting member, which supports the emitting portion, shiftably in the lengthwise directions of the inserting portion and feeding detergent to the observation window. Therefore, when the observation window is smeared, detergent can be fed to the observation window to remove the smear of the observation window.
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Published
March 7, 2006
Application Number
10/185,018
Filed
July 1, 2002
US Classification
606/17   600/108 600/157 606/14 606/16
Int'l Classification
A61B   18/00   (20060101)  
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Attorney/Law Firm
Priority Data
Jun 29, 2001 [JP] 2001-199534
USPTO Field of Search
600/157   600/156   600/108   600/7   600/13   600/14   600/15   600/16   600/17   600/18  
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