Patent ID: 7883718
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a drug to a female mammal, said method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a drug delivery device comprising two or more segments, each segment having first and second terminal ends that are each coupled to a terminal end of an adjacent segment, wherein each segment has no membrane and comprises a drug-permeable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and wherein at least one segment comprises a homogenous mixture of the drug-permeable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a drug; (b) positioning in the vaginal tract of the female mammal the drug delivery device of step (a); and (c) maintaining the drug delivery device in the vaginal tract of the female mammal for a period of time sufficient to deliver an effective amount of the drug to the female mammal, the drug being delivered at a substantially zero-order rate.