In this paper, driving performance of a prototype ultrasonic micro motor and its application to catheter treatment in blood vessel, are reported. The invented new traveling–wave type ultrasonic motor (USM) has a novel simple structure, hence is easy to be miniaturized, that is, the rotor is installed outside or inside of coil–type stator in which ultrasonic vibration travels. At the contacts between rotor and stator, rotor is accelerated by frictional force and rotated. As a result, a spring for preloading and any piezo–electric element at driving point is not needed. It was verified that the minimum of 0.8mm diameter motor could work well. For a practical use, motor is applied to a catheter treatment for a thrombus. Recently, the treatment of the thrombus with the catheter has the method of pouring the dissolution medicine, and cut off the thrombus directly. Then, this USM was installed at the top of catheter, and whether an effective working was obtained as a medical treatment device such as stirs of the dissolution medicine and crushing the thrombus was verified.
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