Patent ID: 11904085
Assignee: MOTUS GI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of operating an add-on tube assembly used with a colonoscope, the add-on tube assembly comprising at least first and second channels in which flow is independently controlled, the method comprising:
introducing said add-on tube assembly alongside a colonoscope insertion tube into a colon;
controlling, via a controller, an operation mode of said first channel and said second channel, said operation mode selected from any one of the following operation modes:
(a) a mode in which distally directed pressure is supplied through said first channel for purging and/or irrigating, and proximally directed pressure is supplied through said second channel for evacuating matter from the colon;
(b) a mode in which distally directed pressure is supplied through said second channel for purging and/or irrigating, and proximally directed pressure is supplied through said first channel for evacuating matter from the colon; and
(c) a mode in which proximally directed pressure is supplied through both said first channel and said second channel for evacuating matter from the colon at a higher rate.