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Colon washing methods and apparatus

  • US 4,682,979 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1985
  • Issued: 07/28/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for use in washing the colon of a person, comprising an elevated tank having a bottom outlet, means for filling said tank with water, said tank having an overflow drain at an upper level, a cross conduit having at one end a flow connection to an implement for delivering water into a person'"'"'s colon, a solenoid operated shut-off valve and a check valve in series in said cross conduit, a manifold connected to said bottom outlet of said tank and having valve controlled first, second and third branches, said first branch being connected to said cross conduit between said check valve and said solenoid valve to permit flow of water from said tank to said cross conduit in by-pass relation to said solenoid operated valve, said second banch being connected to said cross conduit upstream of said check valve and said solenoid operated valve, and said third branch being connected to the inlet of a pump, the outlet of which is connected to said cross conduit at a point upstream of said check valve and said solenoid operated valve whereby water may be transmitted from said tank to said implement by gravity through said first and second branches or by said pump through said third branch.

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