US2020289804A1PendingUtilityA1

Flora treatment

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Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPPriority: Feb 21, 2019Filed: Feb 14, 2020Published: Sep 17, 2020
Est. expiryFeb 21, 2039(~12.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Yumiko AwauTakeo Suzuki
A61K 35/741A61K 2035/115A61B 1/31A61B 1/018A61B 1/015A61B 1/00096A61B 1/00094A61B 1/00091A61B 1/00082A61H 1/00A61M 31/00A61H 21/00A61H 2201/105A61M 2210/1064
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Abstract

A flora treatment of the invention includes a step (A) in which an instrument is introduced into a lumen; a step (B) in which the instrument is made to reach an intestinal cecum; a step (C) in which an appendico is recognized; and a step (D) in which probiotics is supplied to the appendico.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A flora treatment comprising:
 a step (A) in which an instrument is introduced into a lumen;   a step (B) in which the instrument is made to reach an intestinal cecum;   a step (C) in which an appendico is recognized; and   a step (D) in which probiotics is supplied to the appendico.   
     
     
         2 . The flora treatment according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the instrument is an endoscope, and   an orifice of the appendico is recognized using a field of view of the endoscope in the step (C).   
     
     
         3 . The flora treatment according to  claim 1 , wherein the probiotics is supplied into a mucus of the appendico in the step (D). 
     
     
         4 . The flora treatment according to  claim 3 , further comprising, before the step (D), a step (E) in which an inside of the appendico is cleaned. 
     
     
         5 . The flora treatment according to  claim 3 , further comprising, before the step (D), a step (F) in which at least a part of the mucus of the appendico is removed. 
     
     
         6 . The flora treatment according to  claim 5 , further comprising, before the step (F), a step (G) in which the mucus of the appendico is dyed. 
     
     
         7 . The flora treatment according to  claim 3 , wherein, in the step (D), the probiotics is applied to a part where the mucus has been removed in the step (F). 
     
     
         8 . The flora treatment according to  claim 1 , further comprising, after the step (D), a step (H) in which heat is applied to the appendico for a predetermined time period, or comprising, after the step (D), a step (I) in which vibration is applied to the appendico for a predetermined time period. 
     
     
         9 . The flora treatment according to  claim 1 , wherein an age of the appendico is under 30 years.

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