Patent ID: 6669703
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A vaginal suppository delivery device comprising:a pincer body having upper and lower clamp members that cooperate to confine a passage extending in an axial direction, each of said upper and lower clamp members having a clamp end section and a connecting end section opposite to said clamp end section, said upper and lower clamp members being connected to each other at said connecting end sections, and being movable toward and away from each other at said clamp end sections, said passage having a drug receiving groove formed in said clamp end sections and adapted for receiving a suppository therein, said clamp end section of each of said upper and lower clamp members has a shape that is substantially one-half of a peanut hull; a sleeve member sleeved slidably on said pincer body, said sleeve member being movable toward said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move away from each other, thereby permitting the suppository to be disposed in said drug receiving groove, said sleeve member being further movable toward said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members so as to permit said clamp end sections of said upper and lower clamp members to move toward each other, thereby clamping the suppository in said drug receiving groove; and an elongate push rod slidably extended into and movable in the axial direction along said passage, said push rod having a drug pushing end and an operating end opposite to said drug pushing end in the axial direction, said operating end extending through said passage at said connecting end sections of said upper and lower clamp members and being operable so as to enable said drug rushing end to push the suppository to move out of said passage after said pincer body has been inserted into a vaginal cavity, thereby delivering the suppository into the vaginal cavity.