US 11,938,293 B2
Self-retaining enema nozzle and an enema system comprising said enema nozzle
Thit Rose Hagen, Roskilde (DK); Henrik Bork Bjerregaard, Lynge (DK); Ole Hougaard, Helsingør (DK); and Lars Monroy, Bagsværd (DK)
Assigned to Qufora A/S, Allerød (DK)
Appl. No. 18/041,964
Filed by Qufora A/S, Allerød (DK)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/073147
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038268, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PA202070539 (DK), filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270932 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 3/0279 (2013.01) [A61M 25/04 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enema nozzle for an enema system, and wherein said enema nozzle comprises a catheter provided with a retention member, said retention member is arranged for being placed in a compact form during insertion in a body cavity and for being placed in an expanded form for retaining the enema nozzle in said body cavity after insertion, and wherein the enema nozzle further comprises a restriction unit arranged for placing the retention member in its compact form during insertion, and wherein the restriction unit, an internal channel in the catheter, is arranged for at least partly surrounding/encompassing the retention member during insertion in the body cavity, and wherein the enema nozzle comprises a one-way valve arranged for preventing backflow into the enema nozzle, and wherein the restriction unit and the catheter are an integral, single unit.