Patent ID: 6478782
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An enema comprising:a tank; a connecting tube having a first end and a second end, said first end of said connecting tube being connected to said tank; a rotary valve having a first end and a second end, said first end of said rotary valve being connected to said second end of said connecting tube; a conduit having a first end and a tip opposite to said first end of said conduit, said first end of said conduit being connected to said second end of said rotary valve; a beak tube being adapted for insertion into an anus, said beak tube being provided at said tip of said conduit; and a fixture having a pair of fixing strings and a penetration hole, said fixture being slidably fitted on said beak tube via said penetration hole, wherein said rotary valve comprises an outer tube having a cylindrical concave part at a center of said outer tube, a sidewall of said cylindrical concave part being provided with an insertion opening fitting with said connecting tube and a discharge opening fitting with said conduit, and a rotator being closely fitted into said cylindrical concave part of said outer tube, said rotator having openings corresponding to positions of said insertion opening and said discharge opening of said outer tube and a knob part on an upper part of said rotator, and said rotator being rotatable within said outer tube by operating said knob part, said rotator being operable to control an amount of injection liquid located in said tank to be injected into the anus via said beak tube based on an alignment between said openings of said rotator and said insertion opening and said discharge opening of said outer tube, and wherein said pair of fixing strings are integrally formed to extend from opposite sides of said fixture, said fixture being operable to control a length of said beak tube to be inserted into the anus by slidably positioning said fixture along said break tube, and said fixing strings being operable to fix said fixture by being placed on a surface and sat on.