Veterinary delivery device and method
AssigneeBryher Holdings Limited
InventorsDavid John Michael Gibson, Christopher Seton Norris
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting fluid between a reservoir and a natural body cavity. The direction of flow can be in either direction. In a preferred embodiment the reservoir is fitted with a pump to advance fluid from the reservoir into the cavity. A locator forming a part of the apparatus is adapted so at least part of it is fitted through a natural orifice and retained within the natural body cavity. The apparatus includes a securing device which holds it in place on an animal during the normal cavities of that animal.
Claims35
An apparatus for transporting a fluid through a natural orifice of an animal and into a natural body cavity of said animal, said apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir for the fluid,
- a locator, a part of said locator passing through said natural orifice, conforming with the natural body cavity and being retained at a predetermined position within said natural body cavity for release of said fluid at the predetermined position in the natural body cavity,
- a penetration controlling device controlling an amount of penetration of the part of said locator into said natural body cavity and an amount of a remainder of the locator located exteriorly of the natural body cavity, whereby the part of the locator is allowed to freely move into and out of said natural body cavity while being retained in the natural body cavity during movement of the animal,
- a conduit communicating between said reservoir and said part of said locator,
- an automatic delivery system for advancing said fluid through said conduit between said reservoir and said part of said locator located in said natural body cavity, and
- said reservoir and said automatic delivery system being securable to the exterior of said animal.
A locator comprising
- an elongate shaft having a portion adapted to be inserted end first through a natural orifice into a natural body cavity of an animal to sit in a predetermined position, said portion being adapted to self locate in said natural body cavity at said predetermined position, said portion being shaped to conform to said natural body cavity without distorting said natural body cavity, and
- a penetration control device maintaining said portion of said shaft at said predetermined position in said natural body cavity and maintaining a remaining part of said shaft exteriorly of said natural body cavity, whereby the portion of the shaft is allowed to freely move into and out of said natural body cavity while being retained in the natural body cavity during movement of the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.