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A new, painless device could revolutionise colonoscopies – with no need for the patient to be sedated and little or no discomfort caused. Its developers say more people may opt to have colon cancer screening tests, so diseases such as bowel cancer would be picked up much earlier.

 

The device, driven in and out of the colon using tiny wheels, is navigated with the help of a joystick – similar to those used in computer games.

 

“Conventional colonoscopes are semi-rigid and have a large, bending tube, which is difficult to push around a curve,” says Michael Rosenbruch, of German makers Invendo Medical.

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More here - Mumbai Mirror

 

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