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US 2012/0071858 A1Published application
Vaginal therapeutic device including copper metal and method of treating the vagina using the vaginal therapeutic device
OwnerChun Lim Abbott, Dominic Abbottinventors
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Abstract
A vaginal therapeutic device made of copper metal has a shape to fit in the vagina and utilizes the copper metal as an antimicrobial agent to therapeutically treat abnormal biological conditions in the vagina.
Claims12
A vaginal therapeutic device comprising
- a rigid body having a rounded shape, cylindrical in cross-section with a rounded exterior surface made of copper metal, said body having a shape to fit and be retained in the vagina such that said copper metal exterior surface is retained in contact with the inner walls of the vagina whereby said copper metal acts as an antimicrobial agent to therapeutically treat abnormal biological conditions arising in and/or affecting the vagina.
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A method of treating abnormal biological conditions in the vagina comprising the steps of
- inserting a therapeutic device having an exterior surface made of antimicrobial copper metal in the vagina;
- retaining the therapeutic device in the vagina with the exterior surface in contact with the inner walls of the vagina overnight for a time sufficient to kill microbial organisms;
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- removing the therapeutic device from the vagina.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.