Patent ID: 8727970

Claim:
A method for performing endoscopy comprising: providing an endoscope, having an instrument channel, and an endoscope tool, having an inflatable anchoring balloon at a distal portion thereof and being adapted for insertion through said instrument channel; locating said endoscope in a colon of a patient adjacent an ileo-cecal valve of the patient; inserting said endoscope tool through said instrument channel; directing said distal portion through the ileo-cecal valve of the patient; forwardly displacing said endoscope tool relative to said endoscope, thereby positioning said distal portion of said endoscope tool in a small intestine of the patient beyond the ileo-cecal valve while said endoscope is located in the colon of the patient; anchoring said distal portion of said endoscope tool in the small intestine of the patient by inflating said inflatable anchoring balloon; and forwardly displacing said endoscope along said endoscope tool through the ileo-cecal valve into the small intestine of the patient.