Rapid Barostat Bag Pump
For Rectal Motor and Sensory Functions
- Easy and accurate testing for incontinence and constipation within 15 minutes
- Instant calculation & report generation with indication of Hypo, Hyper, Normal
- Portable and lightweight for bedside testing
- User-friendly operating system with specialised disposable barostat bags
OVERVIEW
Rapid Barostat Bag Testing
Limitations of manual RBB test:
- Manual inflation of balloon via syringe is cumbersome and not consistent between different operators; rapid inflations may cause false sensations
- Verbal prompting by the operator may influence when the patient reports the symptoms
Advantages of RBB Pump:
- It is a battery operated air compressor, designed to inflate a barostat bag at a constant rate of 120mL/min.
- It comes equipped with a handheld remote, allowing the patient to indicate their sensation thresholds easily and accurately
- The pump is operated by a touch screen, which displays the collected test data, and conducts the calculations to determine hyper/hypo/normal for the final report
RBB Pump Test Report
- Instant report generation with data table and graph with plotted points
- Summary findings of hyper-sensitive, hypo-sensitive, or normal at multiple sensation points
- Provides rectal capacity (mL)and pressure (mmHg) at 50% capacity
- Provides reference table for normal and abnormal data values, as well as area for notes/comments
PAPERS
| Title: | Introduction of a short barostat protocol for assessment of rectal function |
| Author(s): | Mathias Sauter & Henriette Heinrich, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
