# US 10,765,796 B2 · Trans anal irrigation platform with bed module

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- Number: US 10,765,796 B2
- Document ID: US10765796B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/322,960
- Filed: 2015-07-07
- Published: 2018-02-15
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-08
- Assignees: Hollister Incorporated
- Applicants: Hollister Incorporated
- Inventors: Adam J. Foley; Stephen Collum; Denise Gamblin; William K. Arnold; Ruchi Seth; Jerome A. Henry; Malford E. Cullum; George J. Cisko
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765796B2

## CPC

- A61M 3/0295: {with inflatable balloon}
- A61M 3/0208: {before use}
- A61M 3/022: {Volume; Flow rate}
- A61M 3/0258: {by means of electric pumps}
- A61M 3/027: {Devices for holding the cannula in position, e.g. belts (cannula details A61M3/0279)}
- A61M 3/0287: {with an external liquid collector}
- A61M 3/0202: {with electronic control means or interfaces}
- A61M 3/0245: {Containers therefor, e.g. with heating means or with storage means for cannula}
- A61M 39/22: Valves or arrangement of valves {(A61M39/02, A61M39/0247, A61M39/16 take precedence; regulating valves in infusion systems A61M5/16881; in devices worn by the patient for the reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge, or in colostomy devices A61F5/4405)}
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61M 2205/75: with filters
- A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated
- A61M 2210/1064: Large intestine
- 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

A trans anal irrigation device that can be used on a bed. The device includes a rectal catheter connected to an irrigation fluid supply. A waste collection bag is also connected to the catheter. The catheter may be insertable in a seat attached to a fluid supply line. A valve in one of the catheter or seat selectably allows or prevents fluid communication between the catheter and a waste collection bag. The catheter may include an inflationless cuff made of a flexible material that permits it to be inserted in the rectum to prevent leakage around the exterior of the catheter.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A trans anal irrigation system, comprising:
a rectal catheter, the rectal catheter having a barrel with an insertion tip at a proximal end thereof, the barrel defining at least one lumen therein and at least one port communicating with the at least one lumen and an exterior of the barrel;
a seat having a receptacle for releasably receiving a distal end of the barrel therein;
a valve formed in the seat, the valve being in fluid communication with the at least one lumen of the barrel when the barrel is in the seat and selectably movable between open and closed positions which permit and prevent, respectively, fluid flow out of the at least one lumen at the distal end of the barrel;
a connector adjoins a side of the seat at a 90° angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the barrel, the connector having a passage in fluid communication with the at least one lumen; and
an irrigation fluid reservoir and fluid supply tubing in fluid communication with the irrigation fluid reservoir and the connector.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising a waste collection bag selectably connectable to the seat and in fluid communication with the valve of the seat.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising a controller in the fluid supply tubing for controlling flow from the irrigation fluid reservoir to the connector.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising an inflationless cuff attached to the exterior of the barrel, the inflationless cuff being made of a flexible material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 4, further comprising an inflatable balloon attached to the exterior of the barrel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising an inflatable balloon attached to the exterior of the barrel.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The trans anal irrigation system of claim 1, further comprising a pump associated with the irrigation fluid reservoir for pumping fluid from the irrigation fluid reservoir to the rectal catheter.