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US 2020/0323699 A1Published application
Medication Delivery Device and Method
AssigneeHerphoric, LLC
InventorPaul BUSS
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a device for vaginal drug delivery. More particularly, the device relates to a tampon engaged or engageable device, having a dissolvable elongated housing which is adapted with an axial cavity sized to surround a tampon, and having a fixed or removably engaged dissolvable capsule located at a distal end of the housing. So positioned, the device delivers medications such as prescription and non prescription drugs, neuroceuticals, and supplements and the like, directly to the vaginal tract which is especially useful in treating ailments in the same region by such a direct communication of the medication thereto.
Claims36
A medication delivery device comprising:
- a dissolvable housing formed from a first dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having an elongated cylindrical wall with an axial cavity extending therethrough, a trailing end portion, and a leading end portion, the axial cavity is dimensionally sized to receive a tampon;
- a dissolvable capsule formed from a second dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having a trailing end portion that is coupled to the leading end portion of the dissolvable housing, the dissolvable capsule comprising at least one wall enclosing a capsule cavity therein;
- wherein at least one of the first dissolvable material and the second dissolvable material is impregnated with at least one medication.
A medication device comprising:
- a dissolvable housing formed from a first dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having an elongated cylindrical wall with an axial cavity extending therethrough, a trailing end portion, and a leading end portion, the axial cavity is dimensionally sized to receive a tampon;
- a dissolvable capsule formed from a second dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having a trailing end portion that is coupled to the leading end portion of the dissolvable housing, the dissolvable capsule comprising at least one of a capsule cavity or a capsule slot for receiving at least one first medication.
A medication delivery device comprising:
- a dissolvable housing formed from a first dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having an elongated cylindrical wall with an axial cavity extending therethrough, a trailing end portion, and a leading end portion, the axial cavity is dimensionally sized to receive a tampon;
- wherein the first dissolvable material is impregnated with at least one medication comprising at least one of an antifungal medication, a CBD medication or a THC medication.
A method for delivery of a medication to a patient comprising:
- providing medication delivery device including a dissolvable housing formed from a first dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having an elongated cylindrical wall with an axial cavity extending therethrough, a trailing end portion, and a leading end portion, the axial cavity is dimensionally sized to receive a tampon, wherein the first dissolvable material is impregnated with at least one medication comprising at least one of an antifungal medication, a CBD medication or a THC medication;
- inserting a tampon in the axial cavity;
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- placing the medication delivery device in the patient's vaginal canal so that vaginal fluids will dissolve at least a portion of the dissolvable material allowing the medication to be delivered to the patient through the vaginal canal as the dissolvable materials dissolves therein.
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A method for delivery of a medication to a patient comprising:
- providing a medication delivery device including (a) a dissolvable housing formed from a first dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having an elongated cylindrical wall with an axial cavity extending therethrough, a trailing end portion, and a leading end portion, the axial cavity is dimensionally sized to receive a tampon, (b) a dissolvable capsule formed from a second dissolvable material that is dissolvable in the presence of fluid, having a trailing end portion that is coupled to the leading end portion of the dissolvable housing, the dissolvable capsule comprising at least one wall enclosing a capsule cavity therein, wherein at least one of the first dissolvable material and the second dissolvable material is impregnated with at least one first medication;
- inserting a tampon in the axial cavity;
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- placing the medication delivery device in the patient's vaginal canal so that vaginal fluids will dissolve at least a portion of the first and second dissolvable materials allowing the at least one first medication to be delivered to the patient through the vaginal canal as the first and second dissolvable materials dissolves therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.