TISSUE-RETAINING SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND MEDICAL TREATMENT

摘要

An ultrasound medical treatment system (10) includes an end effector (12) insertable into a patient (14). The end effector (12) includes a tissue-retaining device (16). The tissue-retaining device (16) includes a first tissue-retaining member (18) having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer (26) and includes a second tissue-retaining member (22). The first and second tissue-retaining members (18, 22) are operatively connected together to retain patient tissue (24) between the first and second tissue-retaining members (18, 22) and to release patient tissue (24) so retained. In one example, the second tissue-retaining member (22) has an ultrasound reflector (28). In the same or a different example, the ultrasound medical-treatment transducer (26) is an ultrasound imaging and medical-treatment transducer.