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US 10,737,013 B2Granted
Portable trans anal irrigation device
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsAdam J. Foley, Stephen Collum, Denise Gamblin, William K. Arnold, Ruchi Seth, Jerome A. Henry
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Abstract
A portable trans anal irrigation device has a hand-held water management unit removably connectable to an irrigation arm. The water management unit includes a water cartridge and a controller. The irrigation arm has a cone head for interfacing with the user's body.
Claims8
An ergonomic portable rectal irrigation device comprising:
- a hand-held management unit including a curved controller comprising a handle having an outer curved profile extending in a first curved direction;
- a cartridge for containing a liquid, the cartridge being releasably loaded adjacent and external to a concave side of the handle's outer curved profile;
- an irrigation arm having an outer curved profile extending in a second curved direction, the irrigation arm comprising an arcuate shaped tubing defining a lumen therein, the irrigation arm being removably connectable to the management unit;
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- when the irrigation arm is so connected to the management unit, the irrigation arm is in fluid communication with the cartridge, and the second curved direction of the outer curved profile of the irrigation arm extends in a different direction than the first curved direction of the outer profile of the handle, the irrigation arm including a head shaped for introducing liquid into a user's rectum.
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