Apparatus for washing the colon

An apparatus for peroperative cleansing of the colon, includes a cylindrical body for irrigation with a cleansing liquid, the distal end of the body being provided with a strainer, elements for loosening solid fecal matter, and suction elements for sucking up the cleansing liquid and the loose fecal matter. The cylindrical irrigation body includes: two flexible coaxial tubes 2, 3 having the length of the colon and separated by a gap 4 , the outer tube 2 being adaptable to the shape of the colon, the inner tube 3 serving for draining the cleansing liquid and the fecal matter, and the gap 4 between the two tubes providing a passage for the cleansing liquid; and a rigid toroidal part, which part forms an introducer element 1 having sealing membranes and attached to the colon, and in which the two coaxial tubes 2, 3 slide.