Automatic regulating device for bladder irrigation devices

Claim 2

APPARATUS FOR IRRIGATING THE BLADDER OF A PATIENT COMPRISING FIRST FLEXIBLE MEANS FOR SUPPLING STERILE FLUID, SECOND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID FLUID TO SAID BLADDER, THIRD FLEXIBLE MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID STERILE FLUID FROM SAID BLADDER, SAID FIRST AND THIRD FLEXIBLE MEANS ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR REMOVING CONSTRICTIONS OCCURRING IN SAID APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID IRRIGATION APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE INSERTION AND WITHDRAWL OF FLUID IN SAID FIRST AND THIRD FLEXIBLE MEANS, SAID FIRST AND THIRD MEANS EACH HAVING INNER DIAMETERS GREATER THAN SAID SECOND MEANS, SAID AUTOMATIC MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND STATIONARY WALLS, SAID FIRST AND THIRD MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID WALLS, A RECIPROCATING MEMBER POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD MEMBERS AND INTERMEDIATE SAID WALLS, SAID RECIPROCTING MEMBER BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST AND SECOND POSITION; SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID RECIPROCATING MEMBER AND SAID FIRST WALL WHEN SAID RECIPROCATING MEMBER IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION; SAID SECOND MEMBER BEING CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID RECIPROCATING MEMBER AND SAID SECOND WALL

Claim 3

ELECTRONIC VALVE CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING, FIRST AND SECOND STATIONARY MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM SAID HOUSING AND POSITIONED TO RECEIVE FIRST AND SECOND CONDIUTS THEREBETWEEN; SAID HOUSING HAVING A SLOT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID MEMBERS; A VALVE CONTROL MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND MOUNTED TO RECIPROCATE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS; BIAS MEANS FOR URGING SAID VALVE CONTROL MEMBER TOWARDS ONE OF SAID STATIONARY MEMBERS; ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR MOVING SAID VALVE CONTROL MEMBER TOWARDS THE OTHER OF SAID STATIONARY MEMBERS; TIMING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRONIC MEANS AT PREDETERMINED TIMES; SAID TIMING MEANS INCLUDING MANUALLY SETTABLE CONTROL MEANS ADJUSTABLE TO ALTER THE LENGTH OF THE TIMING CYCLE OF SAID TIMING MEANS SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATING MEANS, A SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF DISCS SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH; EACH OF SAID DISCS HAVING PROJECTIONS ALONG ITS PERIPHERY; SWITCH MEANS BIASED TO AN OPEN POSITION MOUNTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID DISCS; MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID SWITCH MEANS IN PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID POSITIONS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID DISCS; THE DISC PROJECTIONS OF EACH OF SAID DISCS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SWITCH MEANS WHEN SAID SWITCH MEANS IS PLACED IN THE DISCRETE POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DISCS; SAID SWITCH MEANS BEING MOVED TO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN ENGAGED BY SAID PROJECTIONS; THE NUMBER OF PROJECTIONS ON EACH DISC BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBER OF PROJECTIONS ON THE REMAINING DISCS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF TIMING CYCLES OF VARYING LENGTH.

Claim 4

ELECTRONIC VALVE CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING, FIRST AND SECOND STATIONARY MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM SAID HOUSING AND POSITIONED TO RECEIVE FIRST AND SECOND CONDIUTS THEREBETWEEN; SAID HOUSING HAVING A SLOT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID MEMBERS; A VALVE CONTROL MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND MOUNTED TO RECIPROCATE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS; BIAS MEANS FOR URGING SAID VALVE CONTROL MEMBER TOWARDS ONE OF SAID STATIONARY MEMBERS; ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR MOVING SAID VALVE CONTROL MEMBER TOWARDS THE OTHER OF SAID STATIONARY MEMBERS; TIMING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRONIC MEANS AT PREDETERMINED TIMES; SAID TIMING MEANS INCLUDING MANUALLY SETTABLE CONTROL MEANS ADJUSTABLE TO ALTER THE LENGTH OF THE TIMING CYCLE OF SAID TIMING MEANS SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATING MEANS, A SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF DISCS SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH; EACH OF SAID DISCS HAVING PROJECTIONS ALONG ITS PERIPHERY; SWITCH MEANS BIASED TO AN OPEN POSITION MOUNTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID DISCS; MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID SWITCH MEANS IN PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID POSITIONS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID DISCS; THE DISC PROJECTIONS OF EACH OF SAID DISCS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SWITCH MEANS WHEN SAID SWITCH MEANS IS PLACED IN THE DISCRETE POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DISCS; SAID SWITCH MEANS BEING MOVED TO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN ENGAGED BY SAID PROJECTIONS; THE NUMBER OF PROJECTIONS ON EACH DISC BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBER OF PROJECTIONS ON THE REMAINING DISCS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF TIMING CYCLES OF VARYING LENGTH.