Patent · US Expired

Irrigating appliance for female hygiene

US4287888A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

4References

15Claims

0Family size

Inventor

Gunter Schwarz · Altenkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 1979
Grant date	Sep 8, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M3/0279
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/CH79/00039 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 13, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 19,1979 PCT Filed Mar. 13, 1979 PCT Pub. No. W079/00750 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 4, 1979 The irrigating appliance has a shaft-like hollow member(90), whose one end can be connected to the bathroom shower or douche tube. At the front end there are a plurality of outlets (138) for forming a miniature douche for irrigating the inside of the vagina. A larger opening (132) at the rear end of the hollow member leads to the flowing away of most of the water supplied to the appliance and prevents a too high water pressure at the front outlets (138). From the rear end of hollow member (90) a plate-like member (96) extends radially outwards to one side, so that the water discharged from the larger opening (132) flows along said member (96). This plate-like member (96) limits the distance by which the shaft-like hollow member (90) can be inserted into the vagina.

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