Air Assist is pending 510k clearance and is not available for sale.
THE CHALLENGE:
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Air/CO2 escape and maintaining colonic distension during colonoscopy are common problems.
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Often the colon collapses at inopportune times while performing diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers.
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Air/CO2 escape can lead to repeated or prolonged procedures, increasing patient risk and overall costs.
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Currently, there are no efficient effective methods to prevent gas escape and maintain colonic distension.
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Recent studies show that maintaining adequate colon distension is a key factor in good quality colonoscopy, improving Adenoma Detection Rates(ADR).
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CURRENT METHODS:
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The 2 most common methods, manual buttock pressure and patient repositioning, are often ineffective, physically demanding and require endo/anesthesia staff to take focus away from important tasks, increasing risk of staff injury and patient aspiration with left lateral to supine positioning.
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Other methods, such as left colon water instillation, are impractical, messy and require some technical skill.
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All current methods are inappropriate and ineffective in procedures performed through stomas.
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OUR SOLUTION:
The Air Assist is an easy to use, one piece, disposable, self-lubricating medical grade silicon device that slides up and down the colonoscope effectively creating a reversible seal between the colonoscope and the anus/stoma thereby reducing air escape. It can be maneuvered solely by the endoscopist or effortlessly by the technician, allowing for immediate, reversible, on-demand colonic distention, leading to improved visibility during diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy.
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About Us
Gastro Concepts is a team of a gastroenterologists and engineers, dedicated to finding improvements and enhancing the safety and efficacy in the field of Gastroenterology.
Our flagship product, the Air Assist, is a novel device for colonoscopy, that prevents air/CO2 escape and maintains colonic distension, resulting in more efficient and less frustrating colonoscopies. It is the product of a practicing gastroenterologist with extensive endoscopic experience, who after years of performing thousands of colonoscopies, found a simple safe solution to a common problem. We feel that it is a solution that will enhance the colonoscopy experience for both the endoscopist and endoscopy staff.
