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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
David E. Barlow, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Takayasu Mikkaichi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensei Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihide Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
David E. Barlow, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Takayasu Mikkaichi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensei Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihide Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical retainer is provided capable of independently controlling supplying air and water to a hollow organ like a stomach and a lumen of a small intestine. The medical retainer for sealing a fluid, the retainer being subject to be retained in a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, the medical retainer includes: a sealing section for sealing the fluid, the sealing section making contact with a wall of the gastrointestinal tract; a main body having passageways; and directional valves disposed in the passageways for allowing one of upward flow and downward flow of the fluid relative to the position of the retainer.