公开(公告)号：US20170172623A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15085695

申请日：2016-03-30

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Ken FUJISAKI ,  Takamitsu SAKAMOTO ,  Takeo USUI ,  Kenji MATSUMOTO

IPC: A61B17/56 ,  A61B17/86 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/16

CPC classification number: A61B17/320068 ,  A61B2017/320004 ,  A61B2017/320072 ,  A61B2017/320073 ,  A61B2017/320077 ,  A61B2017/320078

Abstract: An ankle arthrodesis of this embodiment performs a cartilage the ultrasonic treatment procedure using an ultrasonic treatment tool. As one condition, when wear of cartilage has attained to the whole of an ankle, it carries out. A method for ankle arthrodesis is disposal which excises the cracked organization which exists in an ankle using the ultrasonic treatment tool, and fixes a tibia and a talus under it with a screw.