A DEVICE INCORPORATING A HOLLOW ELEMENT FOR BEING POSITIONED ALONG A BODY CAVITY OF A PATIENT AND METHOD OF POSITIONING SAME

摘要

An apparatus (14) includes an elongate hollow element (22) for being positioned along a body cavity of a patient. The hollow element (22) has a leading region (24) and a trailing region (48) and is arranged for being progressively everted along the hollow element (22) from the leading region (24) to thereby be increasingly extended for progressively lining the body cavity as the trailing region (48) follows along. The apparatus (14) generally further comprises an enclosure comprising an insertion head (16) for being inserted into an entrance of the body cavity and a flexible bag (18) in which the hollow element (22) is housed. The hollow element (22) is extended from the insertion head (16) by increasing pressure within the enclosure.