Patent ID: 9629535
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A colonoscope closure device consisting of: an inner tubular member that defines an entry way sized to accommodate a colonoscope and that is made of a flexible or pliable material; an intermediate tubular member coupled to the inner tubular member and having a length approximately equal to a length of the inner tubular member, the intermediate tubular member substantially surrounding the entire length of the inner tubular member, the intermediate tubular member being made of a substantially rigid material; and an expandable sealing member coupled to and at least partially surrounding the intermediate tubular member, wherein the expandable sealing member is configured to have an inflated condition and a deflated condition, and wherein the expandable sealing member has a length shorter than the length of the inner tubular member and the length of the intermediate tubular member; and an inflation device in fluid communication with the expandable sealing member; wherein the colonoscope closure device has a distal end configured for insertion into an opening of a patient's anal canal and a proximal end being configured to expand to substantially block a release of air injected into a patient's colon; and wherein the expandable sealing member is located at a terminal edge of the proximal end of the colonoscope closure device.