Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a new device to overcome a variety of problems associated with the colonoscopy procedure.
Colonoscopy is one of the endoscopy procedures that lets the physician inspect the lumen of the colon with a tube inserted through the rectum. The existing colonoscopy procedures have a risk of organ perforation and mucosal injury. If perforation occurs, open surgery to repair the injury is the only treatment option. Re -intubation highly increases these risk factors thereby contributing to the poor prognosis of the patient. The development of a more sensitive and efficient procedure for easy and safe insertion of the endoscope tube is imperative.
Our inventors have developed an endoscopic colonic over-tube that overcomes the above mentioned risks. It is a flexible over -tube that can be used both intraluminally and into the peritoneum. In addition to guiding a double channel gastroscope, the over-tube has an additional 10 -12mm channel for insertion of other instruments which moves in tandem with the endoscope thereby avoiding the re-intubation of the colon and minimizing the risk of perforation.
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