Large intestine contents' diagnosis and acoustic characterization
First Claim
1. A method of large intestine diagnosis and treatment, comprising:
- introducing water controllably into a patient'"'"'s large intestine,draining, by gravity, the introduced water with contents of the patient'"'"'s large intestine,relating at least two portions of the drained contents with at least two sections of the large intestine, after the draining and according to at least one of;
time of drainage of the portions, and characteristics of the drained content,deriving microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections of the large intestine by analyzing the corresponding at least two portions of the drained contents, andapplying a treatment to the large intestine according to the derived microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections.
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Abstract
Systems, kits and methods are provided, which analyze the large intestine content and utilize acoustic signals detected during delivery of water into the large intestine and drained large intestine contents to derive large intestine characteristics such as microbiotal analysis. Systems may include a water delivery unit including a water supply and a nozzle connected thereto, configured to introduce water controllably into a patient'"'"'s large intestine, and an analysis unit that provides information about the drained contents using optical examination or biological assays. The information may be related to acoustic analysis of signals from acoustic sensors that are attachable to a patient'"'"'s abdomen. A variety of sensor configurations, positioning options, analysis strategies and large intestine characteristics are presented.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of large intestine diagnosis and treatment, comprising:
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introducing water controllably into a patient'"'"'s large intestine, draining, by gravity, the introduced water with contents of the patient'"'"'s large intestine, relating at least two portions of the drained contents with at least two sections of the large intestine, after the draining and according to at least one of;
time of drainage of the portions, and characteristics of the drained content,deriving microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections of the large intestine by analyzing the corresponding at least two portions of the drained contents, and applying a treatment to the large intestine according to the derived microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of large intestine diagnosis and treatment, comprising:
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introducing water controllably into a patient'"'"'s large intestine, draining, by gravity, the introduced water with contents of the patient'"'"'s large intestine, relating at least two portions of the drained contents with at least two sections of the large intestine, after the draining and according to at least one of;
time of drainage of the portions, and characteristics of the drained content,deriving microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections of the large intestine by analyzing the corresponding at least two portions of the drained contents, selecting a microbiota transplant (MT) according to the derived microbiome characteristics of the at least two sections of the large intestine, and transplanting the MT into the patient'"'"'s large intestine.
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