Patent ID: 7144383

Claim:
A medical irrigator comprising: a housing shaped to be hand held and having a front end; an inlet tube extending to said housing; a pulse pump capable of operating at a variable rate disposed in said housing and having an outlet conduit that opens to the housing front end, said pump configured to receive fluid from said inlet tube and discharging the fluid through said outlet conduit; a single electric motor disposed in said housing and connected to said pump for actuating said pump, said motor operable at variable speeds to control the pumping rate of said pump; a control assembly disposed in said housing to regulate the speed of said motor; a suction tube disposed in said housing that has an open end adjacent the front end of said housing that extends away from the front end; a battery pack separate from said housing; and a flexible conductor assembly extending from said battery pack to said housing for supplying energy stored in said battery pack to said motor.