Disposable device for transfer of an active liquid into an intra

Details Disposable device for transfer of an active liquid into an intra Disposable device for transfer of an active liquid into an intra

1997-07-15

1998-11-24

Weiss, John G.

Surgery

Means for inserting fibrous or foraminous resident packing,...

604904, 604 54, 604 93, 604 28, 604328, 604330, 604331, 600309, 600573, 600582, 600584, A61F 1320, A61F 544, A61M 100

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058400559

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BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the transfer or circulation of an active liquid into or inside an intracorporeal cavity of the human body or of an animal, in particular in contact with the mucous membrane of said cavity.
Intracorporeal cavity is understood as meaning any cavity of the body, in particular an elongate cavity, to which it is possible to gain access from the outside for different purposes, in particular for clinical, therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic purposes, but also for cosmetic purposes or for purposes of personal hygiene. An example which may be mentioned of one such cavity is the vagina, which extends from the vulva to the neck of the uterus and into which/in which it is desired to transfer/circulate an active liquid mixing with the cervical mucus, for example.
Consequently, the active liquids taken into consideration in the present invention are generally treatment liquids or fluids, including both a liquid agent for wetting, solubilizing or fluidizing, in particular of a body liquid or fluid present in the intracorporeal cavity in question, and also a therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent, or even a cosmetic agent or an agent for personal hygiene, or finally an antiseptic, bactericidal, fungicidal or spermicidal agent in the case of the vaginal cavity for example.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The subject of the present invention is a disposable device, such as has been defined above, ensuring an almost total absence of external flow, either of the active liquid and/or of the body fluids or liquids, or of any fluid present in the intracorporeal cavity in question, throughout the entire time that said device is present or held in said cavity; to this end, according to the invention, the device comprises: membrane or the inside of the intracorporeal cavity in question; concentric to the latter, comprising a tampon designed to absorb all liquid or fluid by expanding, and by virtue of this coming to bear sealingly against the mucous membrane or wall of said intracorporeal cavity; fluids present in said cavity, for protecting the peripheral element in relation to the central element, or vice versa; the central element and the peripheral element are arranged or designed to communicate with one another in the intracorporeal cavity, once the temporary means of protection has been withdrawn; peripheral element; intracorporeal cavity, said means being contained in the peripheral element or the central element, respectively.
This disposable device can be completed with an element for application to the inside of the intracorporeal cavity, mounted on the central element and/or the peripheral element in such a way that it is integral in the direction of introduction into said cavity, and in such a way that it is detachable in the opposite direction.
For the purposes of removing a sample and/or for performing an analysis of the body fluid or liquid present in the intracorporeal cavity in question, the device can additionally comprise: the intracorporeal cavity, and optionally mixed with said body fluid or liquid, said element being in an elongate shape, for example a small cord, in flow continuity at one end with the central element or the peripheral element, respectively; fluid or liquid, mixed with the active liquid, or of a biochemical, chemical, or biological state of said body fluid; this analysis element is arranged at the free end of the transport element.
"Constituent" of the body fluid or liquid is understood as meaning not only a chemical or biochemical constituent, but also a biological or living constituent, for example a cellular constituent.
By way of example, taking the cervical mucus into consideration as a body fluid, and for the purposes of detecting the periods of fertility in women, the biochemical or biological constituent to be analyzed is a peroxidase or a compound having a peroxidase activity, and the outer element for extemporaneous analysis comprises or forms a reagent or a system of reagents, in particular colored, for example an o

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