US 11,896,302 B2
Cautery device and cautery system
Shinya Miike, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuo Shimizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NeuroLightech Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NeuroLightech Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,620.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-076649 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346877 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/22 (2013.01) [A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00636 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cautery device for biological tissue, comprising:
a probe including a head unit, the head unit being configured to be inserted into a living body to emit light for cauterizing the biological tissue, the head unit including a first fixing member, a second fixing member, an exit hole, and a first reflector, the exit hole being located between the first fixing member and the second fixing member, the exit hole allowing the light to be emitted therethrough; and
an elongated catheter configured to sandwich the biological tissue between the probe and the catheter, to thereby support the biological tissue, the catheter including a third fixing member configured to fix the first fixing member and a fourth fixing member configured to fix the second fixing member,
wherein the head unit has a hollow body and the first reflector is arranged along an inner surface of the hollow body and operates to reflect light that enters the head unit.