A system for performing irrigation of a body cavity includes a reservoir containing an irrigation liquid, a catheter and a controller. The catheter is configured to be at least partially inserted into the body cavity and has a flushing passage, a drain passage and a retention balloon. A waste drain valve is in fluid communication with the drain passage of the catheter and is movable between a closed configuration, where waste is retained within the drain passage, and an open configuration where waste flows through the drain passage. The controller is in fluid communication with the reservoir and the catheter, and has a pump and a valve assembly. The valve assembly is changeable between configurations where, when the pump is actuated, irrigation liquid is pumped from the reservoir to the retention balloon, from the reservoir to the flushing passage of the catheter and from the retention balloon to the reservoir.

The invention relates to a method for filling an inflatable catheter balloon of a device for transanally introducing an infusion into the rectum or colon of a patient by means of a filling device, wherein a fill volume or a filling pressure prevailing in the catheter balloon is increased in two or more steps until there occurs a gradual, user-controllable, pneumatically initiated expansion of portions of the bowel wall, thus triggering a coordinated defecation reflex, wherein the timing and intensity of the triggering stimulus can be determined to the greatest possible extent by the user.

A rectal drainage appliance is disclosed comprising a tubular element having an inflatable balloon at a distal end for anchoring the appliance in the rectum. The appliance includes one or more of: (i) first and second auxiliary lumens communicating with the inflatable balloon to provide independent inflation and pressure monitoring paths coupled to the balloon; (ii) a pressure state indicator defined by a mechanical element configured to flip between first and second states or shapes responsive to sensed pressure; and (iii) a collapsible auxiliary lumen larger than the inflation lumen, and configured to permit admission of irrigation fluid. The pressure state indicator may also be used in intestinal drains.

A portable bidet can include a bidet tank that can contain a liquid for personal washing, a hand pump, a bidet hose, a control valve with a control lever, an angulated wand that includes a bend with a re-angulation, a spray nozzle, such that the portable bidet can be used by a person sitting on a toilet, such that the angulated wand protrudes downward and rearward between legs of the person, such that the bend of the angulated wand directs the spray of the liquid towards a perineal-genital-anal area of the person. The liquid can include water, and optionally soap and a hemorrhoid treatment composition.

This patent application provides a device comprises a flexible and collapsible casing (2) and a straight and fixed applicator nozzle (3) with a lid (4). The casing (2) equipped with an internal capacity of 300 ml, the casing (2) sealed along its perimeter by fusion and/or ultrasound, being further anatomical and presenting one of its sides (L1) curvilinear in a convex way and the other side (L2) presents small ripples (6) for the fingers; the applicator nozzle (3) of the device (1) is fixed to the casing (2) through pressure and has a dimension of 60 mm, whereby the fixed applicator nozzle (3) of the device (1) is presented structured as a long and smooth tubular element (7), on whose base (5) a plurality of circular transverse elements (8) are provided, parallel to each other, designed as means of bracing, presenting a larger diameter than the applicator tubular element (7).

A catheter for transcutaneous and transluminal vacuum closure of perianal or entero-cutaneous fistulas and abscesses containing a body ending in a dome having a low-friction surface and equipped with a series of openings on the surface that connect inside the catheter body into a catheter chamber, which is then connected to a tube connected to a vacuum generating system characterized in that the catheter body on the outside has edges arranged in the shape of many helicoid coils, and in the grooves between these coils the series of openings are made into the chamber inside the catheter.

Fecal management methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) are described herein. The fecal management apparatuses may apply one or more fecal removal cycles of suction and irrigation (and in some examples air) to actively remove fecal material. The apparatus may control the timing of delivery of the fecal removal cycles as well as the parameters of the applied suction, irrigation and/or air within and between fecal removal cycles.

The present disclosure describes a system for the delivery of therapeutic substances to the cavities of a patient. The system can include a wearable micropump that is fluidically coupled with a handpiece. The handpiece can be inserted, for example, into the middle ear via a surgical tympanotomy approach. The system can enable a controlled injection of a therapeutic substance directly into the patient's cavity.

Components for use in hollow organ irrigation systems are provided, including collapsible and expandable liquid reservoirs, self-supporting liquid containers for liquid reservoirs, and retaining elements for rectal catheters, which may be inflatable or un-inflatable.

An automatic cleaning and washing device for administering substances to a body is provided. An automatic cleaning and washing device for administering substances in the body, according to one embodiment, comprises: a main body that moves internal substances stored in a predetermined accommodation space to a front end electrically depending on an operation of a driving part moving forward or backward; and a nozzle part that is coupled to or separated from a connection part configured at the front end of the main body, is inserted at least partially into the human body while coupled to the connection part of the main body, and administers the internal substances into the human body through an injection hole configured at the front end depending on an operation of the driving part of the main body.