Patent ID: 6537260
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A vaginal applicator for applying or delivering an accurate dose of a viscous vaginal medicament into a vagina, the applicator includinga reservoir for filling with an accurate dose of the viscous medicament and being connectable to a multi-dose supply of the viscous medicament, the reservoir having an inlet spaced from an outlet and being configured to be deformed by the fingers of a user to expel the dose of the viscous medicament therefrom; and an elongate nozzle having an outlet for delivering the viscous medicament into the vagina, the outlet of the nozzle being in flow communication with the reservoir by means of a passage extending between the outlet of the nozzle and the outlet of the reservoir, an angle between a centrally disposed longitudinal axis of the nozzle and a centrally disposed axis through the inlet being between 170Â° and 135Â°.