Patent ID: 7666171

Claim:
A portable instillation apparatus for the purpose of pumping fluid into the intestinal tract through a stoma opening as presented by a patient, comprising, a fluid reservoir having a top and a bottom suitable for holding instillation fluid, the bottom being a bulkhead, a component chamber positioned below the fluid reservoir having a top and a bottom wherein the chamber top is formed from the fluid reservoir bulkhead, a pump manifold assembly mounted to the fluid reservoir bulkhead and inside the component chamber having an inlet and an outlet with the inlet in direct fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the outlet protruding upwardly through the bulkhead into the fluid reservoir but not in fluid communication with the reservoir, a delivery tube being flexible and having a proximal and distal end with the proximal end in direct fluid communication with the pump manifold outlet, a catheter suitable for insertion into a patient with an intestinal stoma constructed for purposes of instilling fluid into a patient's intestines in direct fluid communication and removably attached to the distal end of the delivery tube, a pump control module communicatively attached to the pump manifold assembly for purposes of activation and mounted in the component chamber, a fluid level sensor mounted in the fluid reservoir operable to communicate the presence of fluid in the reservoir to the pump control module to which it is communicatively attached, the pump control module further being in direct electrical communication with a power supply; and, a user control interface module mounted proximate to the component chamber being in direct electrical communication with the pump control module.