Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical procedure of knee joint
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Application No.: US15337271Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US10383642B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Sohei Ueda , Chie Onuma , Manabu Ishikawa , Michio Takayama , Takamitsu Sakamoto , Ken Fujisaki
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
A surgical procedure of preparing bone holes to fix an implanted tendon to a femur when performing reconstruction of a ligament in a knee joint, includes: bringing a treatment portion of an ultrasonic treatment instrument into contact with the femur in the knee joint, and applying ultrasonic vibration from the treatment portion to the femur, thereby cutting and forming a first bone hole from the inside of the knee joint to the femur in a predetermined depth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170119404A1 SURGICAL PROCEDURE OF KNEE JOINT Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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