(19)
(11) EP 0 931 536 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/30

(21) Application number: 98304304.3

(22) Date of filing: 01.06.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61G 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.12.1997 JP 36883297

(71) Applicant: Shun-yu-kai Saigusa Clinic
Shizuoka-shi (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Saigusa,Sumio, M.D.,Ph.D.
    Shizuoka-shi (JP)

(74) Representative: Gibson, Stewart Harry 
URQUHART-DYKES & LORD, Three Trinity Court, 21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff CF2 1AA
Cardiff CF2 1AA (GB)

   


(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.







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