Device for introducing medicaments or the like into body cavities

Claim 2

An improved enema device of the type including a container having a resilient, deformable body portion defining an enclosed space, the improvement comprising: a. a first end having a first frangible closure, said first end having means for admitting air from the exterior of said body portion into said enclosed space and for restraining flow of container contents out of said enclosed space to the exterior of said body portion, said admitting and restraining means including a one-way air inlet valve; b. a second end having means for selectively providing, prior to use, an open dispensing applicator shaped for non-traumatic insertion into an orifice in a body cavity, said providing means including a second frangible closure for exposing said enclosed space; c. said second end also being shaped to make sealing contact with respect to the orifice in the body cavity.

Claim 3

An improved enema device as defined in claim 1, wherein said container is completely hermetically sealed and is defined by a one-piece container wall.

Claim 4

An improved enema device as defined in claim 1, wherein said container wall is thicker in the regions of said first and second ends than in the region of said body portion, whereby the regions of said ends are more rigid than the region of said body portion.

Claim 5

An improved enema device as defined in claim 1, wherein said valve is housed in a skirt, said skirt defining a recess with a boss disposed in said recess, said boss having a cutting edge thereon, said valve skirt being movable with respect to said container, whereby said boss may pierce said first frangible end.

Claim 6

A container for use in administering a foam enema, the container comprising: a. a wall defining a completely hermetically sealed container enclosing an interior space, said container including a resilient deformable body portion and being partially filled with a foamable substance; b. means for converting one end of said completely sealed container into and open dispensing applicator shaped for non-traumatic insertion into and orifice in a body cavity and for converting said container into a device by which foam may be continuously pumped from the container by repeated squeezing and release of the resilient deformable body portion, said converting means including one frangible portion at said one end of said container for providing access to said interior space and another frangible portion at said other end, said other end having a coupling for accepting a one-way air inlet valve; c. said one end being shaped to make sealing contact with respect to the orifice in the body cavity.

Claim 7

A container for use in administering a foam enema, the container comprising: a. a wall defining a completely hermetically sealed container enclosing an interior space, said container including a resilient deformable body portion and being partially filled with a foamable substance; b. means for converting one end of said completely sealed container into and open dispensing applicator shaped for non-traumatic insertion into and orifice in a body cavity and for converting said container into a device by which foam may be continuously pumped from the container by repeated squeezing and release of the resilient deformable body portion, said converting means including one frangible portion at said one end of said container for providing access to said interior space and another frangible portion at said other end, said other end having a coupling for accepting a one-way air inlet valve; c. said one end being shaped to make sealing contact with respect to the orifice in the body cavity.

Claim 8

A container as defined in claim 5 wherein said hermetically sealed wall is of one piece.

Claim 9

A container as defined in claim 5, wherein said wall is thicker in the regions of said first and second ends than in the region of said body portion, whereby the regions of said ends are more rigid than the region of said body portion.