US 12,133,675 B2
Treatment apparatus and method of controlling same
Kwang Chon Ko, Paju (KR)
Assigned to LUTRONIC CORPORATION, Goyang (KR)
Filed by LUTRONIC CORPORATION, Goyang (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,427.
Application 17/572,427 is a continuation of application No. 16/066,952, granted, now 11,241,278, previously published as PCT/KR2018/002563, filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0028121 (KR), filed on Mar. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125502 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00059 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00696 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A treatment apparatus, comprising:
a handpiece;
an RF generator generating RF energy;
an insertion unit configured to advance and retract toward one direction of the handpiece, selectively inserted into a tissue, and electrically connected to the RF generator to transfer the RF energy to an inside of the tissue;
a substance storage unit receiving a therapeutic substance therein and detachably installed on one side of the handpiece to transfer the substance to the inside of the tissue by the advancing operation of the insertion unit, and
a controller controlling the advancing and retracting operation of the insertion unit,
wherein an end of the insertion unit is inserted into the tissue when the insertion unit advances, and the end of the insertion unit is received within the substance storage unit when the retracting operation of the insertion unit is completed.