IP Library Granted Patent US 7,988,657
Granted Patent B2
US 7,988,657 · App. 12/175,222 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Body cavity irrigation device

Assignee: Inspector Medical, LLC
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Patent No.
US 7,988,657
App. No.
12/175,222
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand-held disposable body cavity irrigation device comprises a pump with an inlet and an outlet, a container for lavage fluid fastened removably to said pump, an applicator having an insertion tip, and divided longitudinally into an injection chamber with a first fitting and a drain chamber with a second fitting, and a first tube connecting said outlet to the first fitting wherein the first tube comprises at least one malleable element embedded longitudinally into an elastic wall, said inlet communicates with the lavage fluid within the container, and the drain chamber is disposed predominantly below the injection chamber and has at least one vent beyond the insertion tip.

Claims (9)

1. A body cavity irrigation device comprising:

a manual trigger activated pump with an outlet for supplying lavage fluid,

an applicator having an insertion tip for at least partially inserting of said applicator into an opening of said body cavity, said applicator divided longitudinally into

an injection chamber with a first fitting and

a drain chamber with a second fitting;

a first tube connecting said outlet to said first fitting; and

a flow regulating check valve for regulating energy of said lavage fluid exiting said insertion tip;

wherein said flow regulating check valve at least partially disposed inside of said first tube, said first tube comprises at least one malleable clement embedded longitudinally into an elastic wall, said malleable clement configured to assume and maintain a predetermined shape, and said drain chamber is disposed predominantly below said injection chamber and has at least one vent between said second fitting and said insertion tip.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said flow regulating check valve is at least partially inserted into said first fitting.

Continuity (1)
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