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US 2010/0145379 A1Published application
Rectal Balloon Apparatus with Pressure Relieving Lumen and Sensors
AssigneeRadiaDyne LLC
InventorJohn Isham
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Abstract
A rectal balloon apparatus comprises a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough. A rectal gas relieving lumen may be positioned with the shaft for removal of rectal gas. A motion detecting sensor and a radiation detecting sensor may be positioned with the balloon, the shaft, and/or the rectal gas release lumen.
Claims20
A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:
- a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;
- a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between an uninflated condition and an inflated condition;
- a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon for the movement of rectal fluid;
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- a radiation detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.
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A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:
- a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;
- a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between a non-inflated condition and an inflated condition;
- a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon;
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- a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.
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A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:
- a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;
- a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between a non-inflated condition and an inflated condition;
- a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon for the movement of rectal fluid;
- a radiation detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus;
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- a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.