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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Palliare Limited, Galway, IE;
John O'Dea, Bearna, IE;
Palliare Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A system for insufflating a vessel in a human or animal body, such as the rectum comprises a first pressure sensor located adjacent a leading end of an endoscope for monitoring pressure in the rectum. A second pressure sensor located on a carrier element which is urgeable through the endoscope into the colon monitors pressure therein. Insufflating air which may leak into the abdominal cavity is exhausted therefrom by a needle. A third pressure sensor monitors pressure in the abdominal cavity. A microcontroller controls the supply of insufflating air to the rectum for maintaining pressure in the rectum at a first predefined pressure, for preventing pressure in the colon exceeding a second predefined pressure, and for controlling a vacuum pump for drawing insufflating air from the abdominal cavity to prevent pressure therein exceeding a third predefined pressure.