Apparatus for Capsule Retrieval Pan
AssigneeCapsovision Inc
InventorsShu Hsuan Kuan, Ganyu Lu, Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon C. Wilson
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AssigneeCapsovision Inc
InventorsShu Hsuan Kuan, Ganyu Lu, Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon C. Wilson
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The present invention discloses a device for retrieving a medical capsule. The collection pan comprises a flange to adapt to a rim of the toilet bowl and a collection cup joined to the flange around the capture opening. The flange comprises a capture opening for collecting feces, and two wings of the flange extended from the capture opening are placed over the rim of the toilet bowl to support the collection pan. The collection cup comprises a cup wall and a sifting part at bottom of the collection cup. The sifting part comprises a plurality of holes to allow liquied or soft feces to pass while preventing the capsule to pass. The flange and the collection cup are made of rubber or rubber-alike materials. The flange is flexible to fold down and to bend up. The cup wall is flexible to collapse and to extend from collapsed state.
A collection pan for retrieving a capsule discharged from anus of a patient into a toilet bowl, comprising:
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