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8137327 Vaginal drug delivery system and method  
A vaginal drug delivery system includes a device formed of porous material that holds a flowable therapeutic formulation. The device, preferably in a soft, prewetted state, is inserted into the...
8080521 Flowable carrier matrix and methods for delivering to a patient  
A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These...
8076529 Expandable member formed of a fibrous matrix for intraluminal drug delivery  
An intraluminal catheter device having an expandable member formed of a matrix of fiber elements with a therapeutic agent incorporated therein. The therapeutic agent can be coated on the fiber...
8049061 Expandable member formed of a fibrous matrix having hydrogel polymer for intraluminal drug delivery  
An intraluminal catheter device having an expandable member formed of a matrix of fiber elements, the expandable member including a hydrogel polymer having a therapeutic agent incorporated therein....
7897564 Flowable carrier matrix and methods for delivering to a patient  
A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These...
7824383 Vaginal drug delivery system and method  
A vaginal drug delivery system includes a device formed of porous material that holds a flowable therapeutic formulation. The device, preferably in a soft, prewetted state, is inserted into the...
7723291 Release of BMP, bioactive agents and/or cells via a pump into a carrier matrix  
A pump to deliver bone-growth factors to a carrier matrix within a patient. Pump can be internal or external. With external pumps, additional amounts of the same growth factor may be added, or the...
7717892 Method of treating urinary incontinence  
A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable...
7671014 Flowable carrier matrix and methods for delivering to a patient  
A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These...
7655831 Method for fluid control in medical applications  
A method and device for shunting fluid from high pressure volumes to low pressure volumes to treat various medical problems caused by an imbalance or malfunction of the regulation of flow between...
7294138 Nose pack method and apparatus  
A medical device and method for treating nose bleeds are provided. The device includes packing material interconnected to a flange member. The packing material is insertable into a nasal cavity,...
7267670 Reinforced urethral suppository  
A urethral suppository comprising a non-meltable base member sized to prevent insertion of the base member into the urethra, a non-meltable reinforcement projecting from the base member, and a...
6899700 Therapeutic agent delivery tampon  
A tampon adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body includes an absorbency zone adjacent the distal end, wherein the absorbency zone...
6423039 Synchronizing of animal oestrus and intra vaginal devices useful therein  
An intra vaginal device which is of a variable geometry and which includes a silicone matrix impregnated with progesterone, the confirmation and content of the progesterone impregnated matrix being...
6402735 Medical tube collar  
The present invention pertains to a device and a method for use with medical and surgical tubing and is designed to effectively reduce the discomfort associated with the use or removal of a tube...
6350274 Soft tissue closure systems  
Disclosed is an implant delivery system, e.g., an implant delivery device which includes a detector having a probe positioned at the distal end of a cannula to detect the presence of body fluid...
6186973 Tampon applicator  
The invention relates to a tampon applicator. The tampon applicator is intended to permit easier and safer handling of the tampon. For this purpose, the tampon comprises a hollow outer cylinder...
6019743 Flexible applicator for inserting an article into a mammalin body cavity  
The present invention relates to a flexible applicator for inserting an article into a mammalian body cavity. The applicator has an elongate, hollow, structural member suitable for containing the...
5984888 Applicator and coating  
An applicator article and method are disclosed for inserting a substance into a body cavity. The applicator article and method are especially useful for inserting a catamenial tampon into a woman's...
5817124 Anal dilator with self-expanding element  
An anal dilator for treating anal disorders, such as fissure-in-ano, having a self-expanding means for slowly dilating the anal muscles to cause a relaxation of anal muscles thereby promoting...
RE35849 Indwelling stent  
An indwelling stent is disclosed which facilitates the drainage of fluids through a duct within the body, and which is easily removed when needed. The disclosed stent is a double wing stent and...
5584822 Emergency nose bleed pack  
A cylindrical nasal tampon for a patient's self-application in controlling epistaxis comprises rayon, polysorbate 20, and optionally cotton fiber. A tab-like extension that is part of the tampon...
5522840 Device for the non-surgical seal of the interstice in the wall of a vessel  
A device for non-surgical sealing of the interstice in the wall of a vessel is provided. The device includes a tubular, resorbable collagen plug 4 having longitudinal cut 8 in the form of a V. The...
5374246 Method and device for delivering a hemostatic agent to an operating status  
An applicator for applying a hemostatic agent for use in achieving hemostasis in surgery comprises an absorbent material which has an attached removal string and radiopaque localizer, and a mass of...
5299581 Intravaginal device  
A novel intravaginal device usable as a mechanism for introducing medicaments into the vagina of a human female. The device can be used for maintaining in the vagina medicaments and the like that...
5201704 Method of making and using a hemostatic agent applicator  
An applicator for applying a hemostatic agent for use in achieving hemostasis in surgery comprises an absorbent material which has an attached removal string and radiopaque localizer, and a mass of...
5105827 Elastic sponge pad such as vaginal pad  
This pad, such as a vaginal pad, comprises a body in elastic foam and a finger gripping device for inserting or drawing out the pad; the gripping device is a recess formed in the pad body.
4922928 Vaginal device  
A three layered disposable vaginal device comprised of two resilient compressible polymeric foam layers separated by a non-permeable layer, the outermost layer being designed to include a...
4917674 Mouth moisturizing device  
The mouth moisturizing device for treatment of an individual suffering from xerostomia comprises two mouth moisturizing pads, each of which include at least two approximately oval shaped sponge...
4840626 Heparin-containing adhesion prevention barrier and process  
An improved adhesion-preventative barrier fabric comprising an oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) fabric (or matrix having equivalent properties) which is drapable, conformable, adherent to body...
4838882 Mouth moisturizing pad  
The mouth moisturizing pad for treatment of an individual suffering from xerostomia comprises at least two approximately oval shaped sponge sections saturated with water and of a size such that...
4755166 Multi-fingered tampon applicator combination  
The invention is generally accomplished by providing a tampon-applicator combination wherein the tampon is a generally elongated tampon having a series of grooves in the surface. An applicator is...
4693705 Vaginal contraceptive system  
The invention features an innovative vaginal sponge contraceptive device that has active spermicide. The active spermicide allows the device to be used instantly upon removal from its sealed...
4692143 Unit package containing ready-to-use vaginal contraceptive  
A premoistened ready-for-use vaginal contraceptive device and method of use thereof are described wherein a porous polyurethane sponge is provided which is impregnated with a bacteria-free sterile...
4618496 Antimicrobial peat moss composition  
A composition for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising peat moss having substantively bound thereto an antimicrobial heterocyclic compound.
4553965 Fluid-expansible contraceptive tampon and applicator  
A method and apparatus for contraception wherein an applicator houses a fluid-expansible, hydrophilic, tampon material in its unactivated, compressed state separate from a reservoir of spermicide...
4457756 Nose bleed clip  
A device for treatment of nose bleed, the invention in a preferred embodiment takes the form of a bifurcated clip having opposed legs connected by a bight portion to gently urge the distal ends of...
4445899 Hygienic article for blotting the rectal perineum region  
Disclosed are hygienic articles for the rectal perineum region and comprising a blotter member formed of hydrophilic fibers and including: a nodular button of compressed fibers emplaceable within a...
4286596 Tampon containing a liquid medicant  
A tampon comprising a rigid conical end for entry into the cavity of a body. Extending from the base of the conical end is a bulb-shaped body made of highly absorbable and expansible material....
4159719 Moisture-expandable ear wick  
A tightly coiled, substantially cylindrical wick of compressed, dehydrated, sponge-like material having sufficient rigidity to be inserted endwise into an ear canal will, when hydrated, uncoil and...
4088132 Hydrophilic polyurethane foams for use in catamenial devices  
A hydrophilic polyurethane foam for use in a catamenial device such as a tampon is disclosed which can be compressed to less than about 50 percent of its original dry volume, stored in such...
4077408 Catamenial device employing polymeric constraining means  
A catamenial device such as a tampon which comprises a segment of a rapidly re-expandable hydrophilic polymeric foam held in compression to less than 50 percent of its original dry volume and a...
4077409 Encapsulated catamenial device  
A catamenial device such as a tampon which comprises a segment of a rapidly reexpandable hydrophilic polymeric foam held in compression to less than 50 percent of its original dry volume and a...
4034759 Moisture-expandable prosthesis  
A hollow-cylindrical tube of dehydrated, regenerated cellulose sponge material is tightly compressed to provide an elongate member of minimal diameter having sufficient rigidity to be inserted...
3995636 Constrained catamenial device employing adhesive coating  
A catamenial device such as a tampon which comprises a segment of a rapidly re-expandable hydrophilic polymeric foam held in compression to less than 50 percent of its original dry volume and a...
3949752 Menstrual device for an animal  
A menstrual device for an animal -- particularly a canine bitch -- of the tampon and depositor type. The absorbent tampon is extremely small in comparison to human type and varies in size in...
3918452 Tampons impregnated with contraceptive compositions  
Vaginal sponges and/or tampons impregnated with contraceptive compositions and methods of preventing conception or implantation by insertion in an animal organism of said sponge or tampon prior to...
3916898 Administration of medicaments and the like  
The method of controlling estrus and ovulation, and thus fertility in domestic animals by introducing into the vagina, and later removing, a sponge impregnated with a progestational compound. A...
3902493 Medicated catamenial tampon  
A medicated catamenial tampon, comprising a resilient foam corpus and a medicament-bearing hydrophobic non-woven overwrap which is permeable to catamenial fluids, adapted for non-menstrual as well...
3885564 Vaginal medicator  
A vaginal medicator adapted to be retained within the human vaginal canal to apply medication molded thereon to the vaginal canal and cervix including body undissolvable stem and anchor means. The...
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