Accordion-style syringes, douches and attachments therefor

An accordion-style container for vaginal douches, enemas and the like, said container including:

• (a) a flexible side wall having an accordion configuration and terminating with end member portions and with each end porition of the container having finger gripping handle portions, and with the discharge end of the container additionally provided with retaining means for a fluid conduit;
• (b) a manipulative shutoff valve associated with said discharge conduit, said valve when open permitting the flow of fluid from the container, said conduit being semiflexible and having at least one stiffening rib locally formed as a part of the outer surface of the conduit and providing an assist to insure bending of the conduit into a pinch configuration to provide fluid-flow cutoff when the conduit is bent substantially at a right angle to and away from the stiffening rib whereby in this bent condition the sides of the conduit are brought together to inhibit flow therethrough;
• (c) a depending portion formed on the lower end portion of the container and having an aperture adapted for releasably retaining this conduit in the bent condition during storage and shipment until the conduit is straightened for fluid flow and use, and (d) a discharge nozzle attachably associated with the outlet end of the conduit.