Colonoscopy ball pillow
OwnerArvind Movvainventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes methods of conducting a colonoscopy that includes positioning a ball pillow under the patient's left lateral lower abdomen while the patient is lying laterally until cecum is reached by the colonoscope. Also, the present invention includes methods of limiting looping of a colonscope during a colonoscopy that include positioning a ball pillow underneath a patient and/or applying a pressure to a patient's abdomen by securing a ball pillow between a patient and a surface.
Claims13
A method of limiting looping of a colonoscope during a colonoscopy, comprising:
- positioning a ball pillow against a patient's lower left abdomen when the patient is lying on the patient's left side on a surface;
- and
- initiating a colonoscopy of the patient.
A method of limiting looping of a colonoscope during a colonoscopy, comprising:
- applying pressure to a patient's lower left abdomen when the patient is lying on the patient's left side by securing a ball pillow between the patient and a surface.
A method of conducting a colonoscopy, comprising:
- applying pressure to a patient's lower left abdomen when the patient is lying on the patient's left side by securing a ball pillow between the patient and a surface;
- initiating a colonoscopy by inserting a colonoscope into the patient;
- advancing the colonoscope toward the cecum;
- and
- removing pressure from the patient's lower left abdomen by removing the ball pillow after the cecum has been reached by the colonoscope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.