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(11) | EP 0 931 536 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Anorectal examination seat |
(57) An anal/rectal examination seat is particularly suitable for the aged, the physically
handicapped and foreigners who are accustomed to a sitting type lavatory and reluctant
to use a squat type one and allows the doctor to examine the exposed prolapsing parts
visually and, whenever necessary, by palpating it to diagnose the case accurately.
The anal/rectal examination seat is characterized by comprising legs for standing
on the floor and a horizontal seat section arranged at the top of the legs, the horizontal
seat section having an opening extending between the front and rear edges thereof
for receiving the buttocks of the examinee sitting on the seat and allowing them to
displace downwardly gravitationally to a certain extent, a space being provided centrally
between the rear lateral legs and close to the rear edge of the horizontal seat section
to allow an reflection mirror to be inserted from the rear side to a position below
the horizontal seat section in order to make the prolapsing lesion of the anus/rectum
of the examinee observable to the examiner and the reflection mirror enables to make
the hidden prolapsing lesions visible and the movable lesions of intrapelvic and abdominal
viscera are made palpable as much as possible easily, because of their descents while
the examinee squats on the seat and applies an abdominal pressure. |