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US 4,282,867 AGranted
Cleaning fluid injection device
AssigneesChristopher Edward, Hans Rudolf Kabutz, Frank Corker
InventorRudolph M. Du Toit
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Abstract
A portable medical treatment device is provided which includes an injection nozzle shaped and dimensioned to enter a human body cavity. At least one pump is provided having a suction connection connectable to a cleaning fluid reservoir and having a delivery connection connected via a delivery conduit to the nozzle. By means of drive means the pump is driven during use in order to pump cleaning fluid under pressure from the reservoir to the nozzle.
Claims3
A portable medical treatment device for irrigating the human ear canal comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical tube having a cleansing fluid passage and being dimensioned to enter an aural passage of a human body;
- (b) an injection nozzle provided at one end of the tube and constituting an outlet from the fluid passage;
- (c) at least two pumps connected in parallel, each having a suction side connection to a cleansing fluid reservoir and a delivery side for connection to the passage;
- (d) at least a pair of electrical motors adapted to each drive a respective one of the pumps for pumping cleansing fluid under pressure from the reservoir to the nozzle via the cleansing fluid passage;
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- (e) electrical control means adapted to sequentially energize one or both of the motors to vary the cleansing fluid output from the injection nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.