# US 10,369,268 B2 · Anal irrigation system

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- Number: US 10,369,268 B2
- Document ID: US10369268B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/512,086
- Filed: 2015-09-21
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-19
- Assignees: Coloplast A/S
- Applicants: Coloplast A/S
- Inventors: Isak Frostaa; Hans Falleboe; Richard Morgan Hickmott; Niels Hvid
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369268B2

## CPC

- A61M 3/0208: {before use}
- A61M 3/0202: {with electronic control means or interfaces}
- A61M 3/0258: {by means of electric pumps}
- A61M 3/0295: {with inflatable balloon}
- A61M 3/0245: {Containers therefor, e.g. with heating means or with storage means for cannula}
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61M 2210/1067: Anus
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

An anal irrigation system including a control unit (2) is provided. The control unit (2) is connected to an external tube (4) by an extension cord (9), so that pivoting of the control unit (2) with respect to the external tube (4) is possible.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An irrigation system comprising:
a container having a reservoir space adapted to contain a volume of a liquid and an electrical pump isolated from the reservoir space;
a connector longitudinally connected between a first tube that is coupled with the container and a second tube that is coupled to an anal probe, with the first tube including a first lumen adapted to transport the liquid and a second lumen including electrical wiring that is connected to the electrical pump; and
a control unit electrically connected to the electrical pump through connection with the electrical wiring, where the control unit is coupled to the connector by a cord having a hinge;
wherein the cord couples the control unit to the first tube and to the second tube with the control unit disposed transverse relative to the connector;
wherein the cord allows the control unit to pivot relative to the first tube and to the second tube;
wherein the cord has a tube element adapted to close around the connector and a flexible strip of material extending from the tube element, where the flexible strip of material is adapted to allow the control unit to move relative to the second tube that is coupled to the anal probe.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, wherein the first tube has a third lumen adapted to transport the liquid and the second tube has two lumens, with each of the two lumens adapted to transport the liquid.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising a lid that is attachable to the container, where the lid includes a recessed cavity that is sized to receive the control unit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The irrigation system of claim 3, wherein the recessed cavity of the lid has a rim that is adapted to engage the control unit to allow the control unit to be positioned in the lid.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, wherein the anal probe is sized for insertion into a rectum through an anus of a user, and the anal probe includes an inflation balloon that is inflatable to retain the anal probe in the rectum.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, wherein the control unit includes a display that is adapted to display information related to transportation of the liquid though the anal probe.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, wherein the tube element is sized to longitudinally receive the first tube that is coupled with the container, and the hinge allows the tube element to be closed around the connector that is longitudinally connected between the first tube and the second tube.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, wherein the cord couples the control unit perpendicular relative to the first tube and to the second tube at a location of the connector.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The irrigation system of claim 1, where the cord allows the control unit to pivot relative to the first tube and to the second tube without twisting the second tube that is coupled to the anal probe.