Method of removing material from the stomach using a collapsible funnel
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1. A method of removing material from the stomach of a patient comprising the steps of:
- inserting a catheter with a collapsible funnel into the stomach of a patient,erecting the funnel,administrating a lavage liquid through the catheter to the patient'"'"'s stomach, andturning the patient to a position where his head is lower than his feet to permit the material to be removed to flow from the stomach into the open end of the funnel and out of the patient through the catheter.
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Abstract
A method of removing material from the stomach of a patient in which a collapsible funnel at the end of a catheter is placed into the stomach, the funnel is erected, lavage solution is applied through the catheter to the stomach and the patient is inverted to discharge the material from the stomach into the funnel'"'"'s open end. In a preferred embodiment, the funnel is erected by inflation.
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1. A method of removing material from the stomach of a patient comprising the steps of:
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inserting a catheter with a collapsible funnel into the stomach of a patient, erecting the funnel, administrating a lavage liquid through the catheter to the patient'"'"'s stomach, and turning the patient to a position where his head is lower than his feet to permit the material to be removed to flow from the stomach into the open end of the funnel and out of the patient through the catheter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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