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Electric treatment system

Details

Inventors: Takahashi, Hiroyuki;
Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (JP)
Primary Examiner: Peffley; Michael
Assistant Examiner: Vrettakos; Peter J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP

A treatment tool for performing a treatment for a curative procedure with ultrasonic waves, high frequency current and so on is provided with an identifier formed of a resistor or the like for indicating the type of the treatment tool. A medical instrument such as an ultrasonic wave output apparatus discriminates the type of a treatment tool connected thereto from the identifier to automatically set operating parameters such as an output value suitable for the treatment tool and to associatively operate an ancillary medical instrument such as a perfusion/aspiration apparatus depending on the treatment tool, thereby reducing extra work such as manual setting to allow for a smooth treatment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric treatment system that is capable of reducing work involved in changing connections and settings by controlling the operation of a medical instrument corresponding to a hand piece connected to the medical instrument, even when a different of types of hand pieces can be connected to a different of types of medical instruments.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an electric treatment system that is capable of smoothly performing a treatment and offering a good operability.
The present invention provides an electric treatment system which comprises: a plurality of types of treatment tools each for performing a treatment for a curative procedure; a plurality of types of medical instruments to which at least one of the plurality of types of treatment tools is selectively and removably connected, for electrically controlling an operation of the at least one treatment tool connected thereto; an identifier provided in each of the plurality of types of treatment tools for identifying each treatment tool; an identifier discriminating device provided in each of the plurality of types of medical instruments for discriminating at least the type of a connected treatment tool from the identifier; and a control unit for controlling operating parameters for a medical instrument to which a treatment tool is connected, from the result of determination by the identifier discriminating device, whereby a medical instrument to which a treatment tool is actually connected can perform a treatment with operating parameters suitable for the treatment tool.

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