Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1996-04-24
1999-01-19
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
600235, 600114, 604275, 604288, A61B 1102
Patent
active
058609164
ABSTRACT:
A dissolvable tip 20 or 40 for a colon hydrotherapy speculum system 100 that replaces the function of an obturator. The dissolvable tip 20 or 40 is made of a body of dissolvable material wherein a surface of the tip 20 or 40 is inserted and snugly fit into an inserting end 17 of a speculum 10 while another surface of the tip 20 or 40 with the speculum 10 is inserted into the anal, rectal, or colon canal 91 of a patient 90. The dissolvable tip 20 or 40 is held at the inserting end 17 of the speculum 10. One embodiment of the present invention discloses the dissolvable tip 20 as a pill shaped and egg shaped tip. Another embodiment of the present invention discloses the dissolvable tip 40 as similar in shape to dissolvable tip 20, but the dissolvable tip 40 further has a circumferential bulge 44 in its body wherein the circumferential bulge 44 has an edge that contacts the perimeter of the inserting end 17 of speculum 10 to allow a further snug attachment between the dissolvable tip 40 and the speculum 10. The colon hydrotherapy machine 130 of system 100 allows inlet washing fluid to flow from the machine 130 through the hose 110 and speculum 10 and to the tip 20 or 40 so that the tip 20 or 40 dissolves into the patient and inlet washing fluid flows into a colon area of the patient that is to be cleaned. Outlet fluid is able to flow from the colon area, through outlet end 18 of speculum 10, and through outlet hose 120. The material used to make the dissolvable tip 20 or 40 can have the further properties or characteristics of a deodorizer or a disinfectant or can function as a laxative or a type of medicine that helps the colon or rectal area of a patient 90. Tips 20 and 40 can also be made to be a natural product (i.e. made of herbs and other such components) that can be easily dissolved within the patient without any serious risks or hazards to the patient.
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Flanagan Beverly M.
Lin Steven
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