Colonic cleaning device
First Claim
1. A device suitable for insertion into a body passage, comprising a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit,wherein said conduit and said distal head region comprise at least one common internal lumen,wherein said at least one common internal lumen is in fluid communication with a plurality of apertures that are located on the external surface of both the conduit and distal head region,wherein at least some of the apertures in the conduit and distal head region are adapted such that a fluid pumped through said at least one lumen in a proximal-to-distal direction would exit said apertures in the form of a jet spray.
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Abstract
The present invention provides devices suitable for insertion into a body passage, wherein said devices comprise a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit, and wherein a plurality of apertures on the surface of said head region and conduit may be used to direct a liquid spray outwards from said device. The apertures are designed and spatially arranged such that when the device is inserted into a body passage, the liquid spray emitted from said apertures is capable of both reducing the frictional contact between the device and the walls of said passage and of cleansing said passage of undesired solid and other particulate matter.
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1. A device suitable for insertion into a body passage, comprising a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit,
wherein said conduit and said distal head region comprise at least one common internal lumen, wherein said at least one common internal lumen is in fluid communication with a plurality of apertures that are located on the external surface of both the conduit and distal head region, wherein at least some of the apertures in the conduit and distal head region are adapted such that a fluid pumped through said at least one lumen in a proximal-to-distal direction would exit said apertures in the form of a jet spray.
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