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US 6,669,703 B2Granted
Vaginal suppository delivery device
OwnerMing-Jeng Shueinventor
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Abstract
A vaginal suppository delivery device includes a pincer body having upper and lower clamp members that cooperate to confine a passage, a sleeve member, and a push rod. The clamp members have connecting and clamp end sections. The sleeve member is movable toward the connecting and clamp end sections of the clamp members so as to permit the clamp end sections to move away from and toward each other, thereby permitting a suppository to be disposed and clamped in a drug receiving groove in the passage. The push rod has an operating end that is operable so as to enable a drug pushing end to push the suppository to move out of the passage after the pincer body has been inserted into a vaginal cavity, thereby delivering the suppository into the vaginal cavity.
Claims8
A vaginal suppository delivery device comprising:
- a pincer body having upper and lower clamp members that cooperate to confine a passage extending in an axial direction, each of said upper and lower clamp members having a clamp end section and a connecting end section opposite to said clamp end section, said upper and lower clamp members being connected to each other at said connecting end sections, and being movable toward and away from each other at said clamp end sections, said passage having a drug receiving groove formed in said clamp end sections and adapted for receiving a suppository therein, said clamp end section of each of said upper and lower clamp members has a shape that is substantially one-half of a peanut hull;
- a sleeve member sleeved slidably on said pincer body, said sleeve member being movable toward said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move away from each other, thereby permitting the suppository to be disposed in said drug receiving groove, said sleeve member being further movable toward said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move toward each other, thereby clamping the suppository in said drug receiving groove;
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- an elongate push rod slidably extended into and movable in the axial direction along said passage, said push rod having a drug pushing end and an operating end opposite to said drug pushing end in the axial direction, said operating end extending through said passage at said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members and being operable so as to enable said drug rushing end to push the suppository to move out of said passage after said pincer body has been inserted into a vaginal cavity, thereby delivering the suppository into the vaginal cavity.
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A vaginal suppository delivery device comprising:
- a pincer body having upper and lower clamp members that cooperate to confine a passage extending in an axial direction, each of said upper and lower clamp members having a clamp end section and a connecting end section opposite to said clamp end section, said upper and lower clamp members being connected to each other at said connecting end sections, and being movable toward and away from each other at said clamp end sections, said passage having a drug receiving groove formed in said clamp end sections and adapted for receiving a suppository therein,
- wherein each of said upper and lower clamp members further has an intermediate section between said clamp and connecting end sections, and a transition section that interconnects said intermediate section and said connecting end section such that said passage tapers from said intermediate sections to said connecting end sections;
- a sleeve member sleeved slidably on said pincer body, said sleeve member being movable toward said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move away from each other, thereby permitting the suppository to be disposed in said drug receiving groove, said sleeve member being further movable toward said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move toward each other, thereby clamping the suppository in said drug receiving groove;
- a positioning tube sleeved on said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members and having an outer surface flush with said intermediate sections of said upper and lower clamp members;
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- an elongate push rod slidably extended into and movable in the axial direction along said passage, said push rod having a drug pushing end and an operating end opposite to said drug pushing end in the axial direction, said operating end extending through said passage at said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members and being operable so as to enable said drug pushing end to push the suppository to move out of said passage after said pincer body has been inserted into a vaginal cavity, thereby delivering the suppository into the vaginal cavity.
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A The vaginal suppository delivery device, comprising:
- a pincer body having upper and lower clamp members that cooperate to confine a passage extending in an axial direction, each of said upper and lower clamp members having a clamp end section and a connecting end section opposite to said clamp end section, said upper and lower clamp members being connected to each other at said connecting end sections, and being movable toward and away from each other at said clamp end sections, said passage having a drug receiving groove formed in said clamp end sections and adapted for receiving a suppository therein;
- a sleeve member sleeved slidably on said pincer body and being formed with a knurled handling portion, said sleeve member being movable toward said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move away from each other, thereby permitting the suppository to be disposed in said drug receiving groove, said sleeve member being further movable toward said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move toward each other, thereby clamping the suppository in said drug receiving groove;
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- an elongate rush rod slidably extended into and movable in the axial direction along said passage, said push rod having a drug pushing end and an operating end opposite to said drug pushing end in the axial direction, said operating end extending through said passage at said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members and being operable so as to enable said drug pushing end to push the suppository to move out of said passage after said pincer body has been inserted into a vaginal cavity, thereby delivering the suppository into the vaginal cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.