High-Frequency Treatment Device Jaws for Tissue Coagulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing treatment devices for coagulation and incision of living tissue using high-frequency energy often require multiple types of forceps and manual operation, leading to increased surgical time and risk of tissue damage due to the need for sharp blades.
Innovation Solution
A treatment device with a pair of jaws capable of opening and closing, featuring electrode portions and a tissue pressing mechanism that uses high-frequency current to coagulate and incise tissue without a knife, allowing for selective operation modes via foot pedals to control coagulation and incision, reducing the need for multiple forceps and minimizing tissue trauma.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of forceps are used for different treatments, then treatment versatility is improved, but device complexity and surgical time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The forceps integrates both coagulation and incision functions into a single device. The first electrode portion enables coagulation treatment, while the second electrode portion enables incision treatment. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for multiple separate forceps, reducing device complexity and surgical time while maintaining treatment versatility.
2Ease of operation
If a knife is used for incision, then incision capability is improved, but risk of tissue damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device replaces the mechanical knife system with an electromagnetic field-based incision system. The second electrode portion generates high-frequency current that flows through the tissue to produce heat for incision, eliminating the need for sharp blades and reducing mechanical tissue damage while maintaining effective incision capability.
3Ease of operation
If manual operation is required for treatment switching, then operational flexibility is improved, but surgical time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables self-service operation through foot pedal control. The operator can switch between coagulation and incision modes by simply pressing different pedals, allowing hands-free operation during critical procedures. This automatic mode switching reduces surgical time while maintaining operational flexibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient coagulation and incision of living tissue with reduced surgical time, cost, and increased versatility, as the device can perform both coagulation and incision using high-frequency energy without a sharp blade, allowing for precise control and minimizing tissue damage.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of electrode portions provided at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw so that a high-frequency current flows through the living tissue compressed between the tissue pressing portion and the receiving member
Data Source
AI summary
A treatment device of this invention has a pair of first, second jaws capable of opening/closing with respect to each other at the tip end portion and comprises a tissue pressing portion in the relatively dull shape provided on a surface portion of the first jaw opposite to the second jaw and having a projection portion formed projecting toward the second jaw side, a receiving member provided on a surface portion of the second jaw opposite to the first jaw at a position opposite to the tissue pressing portion, and a plurality of electrode portions provided at least at one of the first jaw and the second jaw so that a high-frequency current flows through a living tissue compressed by the tissue pressing portion and the receiving member.