PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and promptly dissolve a fat tissue in a living body.SOLUTION: A fat-dissolving device 100 includes: a long and thin cylindrical housing 10 with an opening 10a that is to be inserted into a living body and pressed against a fat tissue attached to an organ such as heart a pair of rotating shafts 17 positioned in the vicinity of the opening 10a in the housing 10, and further includes a pair of rollers 15 for sucking the fat tissue into the housing 10 through the opening 10a and an ultrasonic element 27 for ultrasonically irradiating the fat tissue, which has been sucked into the housing 10 by the pair of rollers 15, and thus heating and dissolving the fat tissue within the housing 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】生体の脂肪組織を簡易かつ迅速に溶解する。【解決手段】生体内に挿入されて心臓等の臓器に付着している脂肪組織に押し当てられる開口部10aを有する細長い円筒形状の筐体10と、筐体10内の開口部10a近傍に配置された一対の回転軸17を有し、筐体10内に開口部10aから脂肪組織を引き込む一対のローラ15と、一対のローラ15により筐体10内に引き込まれた脂肪組織に超音波を照射し、筐体10内で脂肪組織を加熱して溶解させる超音波素子27とを備える脂肪溶解装置100を提供する。【選択図】図2
