Surgery – Female reproductory tract shields – supports – or birth... – Pessaries
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-23
2007-01-23
Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3764)
Surgery
Female reproductory tract shields, supports, or birth...
Pessaries
C128S838000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10379078
ABSTRACT:
A cervical isolation and delivery apparatus having a cervical cap removably connected to a syringe such that a bottom opening of the cervical cap is in communication with an internal chamber of the syringe. The syringe is an elongated hollow tube with an elongated rod slidable disposed within an internal chamber of the elongated hollow tube. The cervical cap is removably connected to an application end of the elongated hollow tube such that upon insertion of the apparatus into a patient's vagina, the cervical cap covers the patient's cervix while protecting the tissue surrounding the cervix. The patient's cervix is treated by placing medication, e.g., one or more therapeutic agents, in the elongated hollow tube such that the elongated rod is in an extended position, inserting the apparatus into a patient's vagina, positioning the cervical cap over the patient's cervix, and pushing the elongated rod through the internal chamber of the elongated hollow tube until it is in a retracted position, thereby expelling the medication from the internal chamber into and through the cervical cap and into contact with the patient's cervix. The cervical cap covers and isolates the cervix thereby preventing the medication from leaking from the cervical area and irritating surrounding tissue.
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Product Literature titled ZUI (Zinnanti Uterine Injector); webpage.
Callery Patrick S.
Glover Douglas D.
Smith James E.
Soisson Andrew P.
Tracy Timothy S.
Brown Michael A.
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
West Virginia University
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