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Disposable vaginal syringe

Assignee: EVE S ASSOCIATES Inc
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Filing: 1966-03-16
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Granted: 1968-03-05
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Expires: 1986-03-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Madeline M Druckenmiller
  • 👤 Hauck Joseph John

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 15:03
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M3/00; A61M3/02; A61M3/0233; A61M3/0241; A61M3/0245

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 426 words
A DISPOSABLE VAGINAL SYRINGE COMPRISING: (A) A FLAT BAG HAVING ITS WALLS FORMED OF HIGHLY FLEXIBLE AND FOLDABLE PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO BODY FLUIDS AND DOUCHE LIQUIDS AND PROVIDING AN EXPANDABLE LIQUID STORAGE CHAMBER HAVING A FILLING OPENING AT ITS TOP END AND A DELIVERY OPENING AT ITS BOTTOM END, AND (B) A FLAT, FOLDABLE AND ELONGATED DELIVERY TUBE OF SIMILAR PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL CONNECTED AT ITS TOP RECEIVING END TO THE BAG WALLS IN LIQUID-TIGHT MANNER ABOUT THE BAG DELIVERY OPENING WITH SUCH TUBE BEING OF A CERTAIN DIMENSIONAL WIDTH WHEN IN FLAT CONDITION AND HAVING AN INITIALLY OPEN DELIVERY END, AND (C) A SPRAY NOZZLE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED, THINWALLED AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORM MAINTAINING HOLLOW SHELL OF PLASTIC SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO SUCH LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS HAVING A CLOSED TIP END AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW NECK OF CERTAIN INTERNAL DIAMETER WITH ITS SIDEWALL PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF JET OUTLET OPENINGS, CHARACTERIZED BY (A) AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORM MAINTAINING ANCHORAGE SLEEVE OF PLASTIC SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO SUCH LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS AND PROVIDED WITH A LENGTHWISE SPLIT EXTENDING FROM END TO END THEREOF WITH OPPOSED EDGES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SPLIT BEING APPRECIABLY SPACED WHEN SAID SLEEVE IS UNCONFINED, SAID UNCONFINED SPLIT SLEEVE BEING OF AN OUTER DIAMETER AT LEAST NO LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID NOZZLE NECK AND APPRECIABLY LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE DELIVERY END OF SAID TUBE WHEN EXPANDED TO SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR FORM WITH THE SPACING OF THE OPPOSED SPLIT EDGES BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT TRANSVERSE CONTRACTION OF SAID SLEEVE TO A DIAMETER LESS THAN SAID NECK INTERNAL DIAMETER AND WITH SAID TRANSVERSELY CONTRACTED SLEEVE HAVING AN ELASTIC RECOVERY SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE IT TO EXPAND TRANSVERSELY WHEN FREED SUBSTANTIALLY BACK TO ITS UNCONFINED OUTER DIAMETER, (B) AT LEAST A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SPLIT SLEEVE OF APPRECIABLE LENGTH BEING INSERTED INTO THE OPEN DELIVERY END OF SAID TUBE WITH A SIDE FOLD OF THE LATTER OF APPRECIABLE WIDTH LAPPED BACK ABOUT AN ARCUATE SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHEREBY THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSED BY THE SHEET MATERIAL OF SAID TUBE, THE LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE IN CONTRACTED CONDITION AND THE ENCOMPASSING TUBE SHEET MATERIAL BEING INSERTED IN SAID TUBULAR NECK AND RELEASED TO EXPANDED SNUGNESS IN THE LATTER WITH THE TUBE SIDEWALL AND ITS LAPPED SIDE FOLD INTERVENTING AND SECURELY CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE AND THE INSIDE WALL OF SAID NOZZLE NECK IN A LIQUID-TIGHT MANNER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 426 words
A DISPOSABLE VAGINAL SYRINGE COMPRISING: (A) A FLAT BAG HAVING ITS WALLS FORMED OF HIGHLY FLEXIBLE AND FOLDABLE PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO BODY FLUIDS AND DOUCHE LIQUIDS AND PROVIDING AN EXPANDABLE LIQUID STORAGE CHAMBER HAVING A FILLING OPENING AT ITS TOP END AND A DELIVERY OPENING AT ITS BOTTOM END, AND (B) A FLAT, FOLDABLE AND ELONGATED DELIVERY TUBE OF SIMILAR PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL CONNECTED AT ITS TOP RECEIVING END TO THE BAG WALLS IN LIQUID-TIGHT MANNER ABOUT THE BAG DELIVERY OPENING WITH SUCH TUBE BEING OF A CERTAIN DIMENSIONAL WIDTH WHEN IN FLAT CONDITION AND HAVING AN INITIALLY OPEN DELIVERY END, AND (C) A SPRAY NOZZLE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED, THINWALLED AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORM MAINTAINING HOLLOW SHELL OF PLASTIC SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO SUCH LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS HAVING A CLOSED TIP END AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW NECK OF CERTAIN INTERNAL DIAMETER WITH ITS SIDEWALL PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF JET OUTLET OPENINGS, CHARACTERIZED BY (A) AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORM MAINTAINING ANCHORAGE SLEEVE OF PLASTIC SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY INERT TO SUCH LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS AND PROVIDED WITH A LENGTHWISE SPLIT EXTENDING FROM END TO END THEREOF WITH OPPOSED EDGES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SPLIT BEING APPRECIABLY SPACED WHEN SAID SLEEVE IS UNCONFINED, SAID UNCONFINED SPLIT SLEEVE BEING OF AN OUTER DIAMETER AT LEAST NO LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID NOZZLE NECK AND APPRECIABLY LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE DELIVERY END OF SAID TUBE WHEN EXPANDED TO SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR FORM WITH THE SPACING OF THE OPPOSED SPLIT EDGES BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT TRANSVERSE CONTRACTION OF SAID SLEEVE TO A DIAMETER LESS THAN SAID NECK INTERNAL DIAMETER AND WITH SAID TRANSVERSELY CONTRACTED SLEEVE HAVING AN ELASTIC RECOVERY SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE IT TO EXPAND TRANSVERSELY WHEN FREED SUBSTANTIALLY BACK TO ITS UNCONFINED OUTER DIAMETER, (B) AT LEAST A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SPLIT SLEEVE OF APPRECIABLE LENGTH BEING INSERTED INTO THE OPEN DELIVERY END OF SAID TUBE WITH A SIDE FOLD OF THE LATTER OF APPRECIABLE WIDTH LAPPED BACK ABOUT AN ARCUATE SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHEREBY THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSED BY THE SHEET MATERIAL OF SAID TUBE, THE LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF SAID SLEEVE IN CONTRACTED CONDITION AND THE ENCOMPASSING TUBE SHEET MATERIAL BEING INSERTED IN SAID TUBULAR NECK AND RELEASED TO EXPANDED SNUGNESS IN THE LATTER WITH THE TUBE SIDEWALL AND ITS LAPPED SIDE FOLD INTERVENTING AND SECURELY CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE AND THE INSIDE WALL OF SAID NOZZLE NECK IN A LIQUID-TIGHT MANNER.

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