Intravaginal device and uses thereof
AssigneeAquafit Intimate Ltd.
InventorsRebecca Sternberg, Vered Italiano, Varda Messer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to delivery devices adapted to mechanically dilate a pelvic anatomical canal, the delivery devices comprise a composition formulated as a gel comprising a beneficial or therapeutic agent, said delivery devices being capable of releasing the beneficial or therapeutic agent into the pelvic anatomical canal, specifically into the vaginal canal, and thereby treat vaginal conditions associated with vaginal narrowing, atrophy, or dryness.
Claims18
. A delivery device adapted to mechanically dilate a pelvic anatomical canal of a human subject, the device comprising a composition comprising:
- (a) a naturally occurring polysaccharide in an amount ranging from about 1% to about 5% by weight of the composition including low acyl gellan gum in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the composition;
- (b) water in an amount of about 60% to about 88% by weight of the composition;
- (c) a surfactant in an amount ranging from 0% to about 5% by weight of the composition;
- (d) oil in an amount ranging from 0% to about 40% by weight of the composition;
- (e) a pH modifying agent;
- (f) a cross-linking agent;
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- (g) a hydrophilic agent and/or a hydrophobic agent, each of the hydrophilic agent and/or the hydrophobic agent having a beneficial or therapeutic effect in the pelvic anatomical canal,
- wherein the composition is formulated as a solid hydrogel in a shape of a cone having a first diameter and a second diameter the first diameter being larger than the second diameter, a length of about 120 mm to about 170 mm, a Young's modulus of about 100 KPa to about 1 MPa, and wherein the pH of the solid hydrogel ranges from about 3.5 to about 5.
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