Surgery – Body rests – supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
Patent
1996-06-03
1997-11-11
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body rests, supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
128876, 602 13, 602 19, A61G 1500
Patent
active
056853211
ABSTRACT:
A medical device, and related method of use, for supporting a patient's colon during a colonoscopy includes a wrap which embraces the patient's abdomen and defines a palpation aperture. The wrap is able to be seemed snugly around the patient's abdomen with a closing mechanism. The wrap includes at least one inflatable bladder which may be inflated to apply to a force to the patient's abdomen, thereby compressing the colon. The palpation aperture exposes a section of the patient's abdomen which allows that section of the patient's abdomen to be palpated during insertion of the colonoscope to verify proper insertion of the scope tip.
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