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US 8,939,932 B2Granted
Inactivation of papillomavirus
AssigneeJenny Colleen McCloskey
InventorsJenny Colleen McCloskey, Richard Alan Fox
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Abstract
A method of treating early papillomavirus infection of an orifice of a human or animal body including any canal associated with an orifice, comprising applying a viral inactivation agent to the orifice and/or canal in an amount effective to inactivate a portion of the virus infecting the orifice or canal. Apparatus is also disclosed.
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An apparatus for treatment of early papillomavirus infection of a human uterine cervix, comprising:
- a stem adapted for insertion along a human uterine cervix;
- an expandable occlusion device carried by the stern for occluding the internal os of said uterine cervix;
- a cap device to occlude or sealingly cover the external os of said uterine cervix, which cap device has a projecting peripheral lip that extends about the stern radially outwardly thereof and firmly engages the upper part of the vaginal vault about the external os so that adjacent external vaginal wall surfaces comprising the upper vaginal vault are within said lip, whereby, the expandable occlusion device when expanded and the cap device define a treatment cavity in the cervix that includes the proximate restriction external os and said adjacent external vaginal wall surfaces;
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- a passage in the stem to deliver to the treatment cavity an effective amount of a liquid agent for inactivation of papillomavirus for application to the surfaces of the orifice or canal and bounding the treatment cavity including said external vaginal wall surfaces adjacent to the external os.
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An apparatus for treatment of human papillomavirus, comprising:
- a stem adapted for insertion along a human cervical canal and to extend through the cervical canal into the region of the internal as of the uterus;
- an expandable occlusion device positioned at the distal end of the stem;
- a cap that contacts the upper vaginal vault about the external os of the cervical canal and has a projecting peripheral lip that extends about the stem radially outward,
- wherein the expandable occlusion device when expanded and the cap define a sealed treatment cavity comprising the endocervix, the ectocervix, and portions of the upper vaginal vault;
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- a passage in the stem for delivering a virus inactivation agent to the treatment cavity.
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