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US 5,380,275 AGranted
Device for irrigating a natural body orifice of a person seated on a toilet
AssigneeKensey Nash Corporation
InventorsKenneth Kensey, Joseph Kaufmann
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AssigneeKensey Nash Corporation
InventorsKenneth Kensey, Joseph Kaufmann
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A device for administering a liquid into the body of a person through a natural orifice, e.g., the anus or vagina, while the person is seated on a toilet. The device comprises a base unit, an extendable tube having a distal end, and a vessel containing the liquid for introduction into person. The base unit comprises a saddle arranged for disposition under the toilet seat and configured to be disposed between the buttocks of the person when he/she is seated the seat. A positionable guide tube extends through a portion of the saddle from an entrance point adjacent the front of the toilet to an opening located at a position adjacent the natural orifice, e.g., anus or vagina, when the person is seated. The extendable tube has a distal end portion arranged to be inserted by the person into the guide tube and through the opening, and the guide tube is arranged to be slid with respect to the saddle, so that the distal end portion of the extendable tube is directed upward and enters the natural orifice. The vessel is coupled to the extendable tube by a pump and associated connector so that the liquid within the vessel can be pumped through the extendable tube into the person's body.
A device for administering a material into a natural orifice of a person while said person sits on a toilet having a conventional bowl with a conventional toilet seat disposed thereover to form a space therebetween, said device comprising a base unit, and extendable tube means, said base unit being arranged for releasable disposition within said space on said bowl and under said toilet seat to be held by friction therebetween, said base unit comprising elongated saddle means configured to be disposed in a space between the buttocks of a person seated on said toilet seat, and passageway means extending longitudinally through a portion of said elongated saddle means, said passageway means having an opening therein and being slidable longitudinally through said portion of said elongated saddle means so that said opening is located at a position adjacent said natural orifice when said person is seated on said toilet seat, said extendable tube means having a distal end portion slidably mounted within said passageway means so that it can be slid longitudinally therethrough, whereupon said distal end portion is located outside said opening to enter said natural orifice to carry said material into the body of said person through said natural orifice.
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