Patent ID: 8939932
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61K,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treatment of early papillomavirus infection of a human uterine cervix, comprising: a stem adapted for insertion along a human uterine cervix; an expandable occlusion device carried by the stern for occluding the internal os of said uterine cervix; a cap device to occlude or sealingly cover the external os of said uterine cervix, which cap device has a projecting peripheral lip that extends about the stern radially outwardly thereof and firmly engages the upper part of the vaginal vault about the external os so that adjacent external vaginal wall surfaces comprising the upper vaginal vault are within said lip, whereby, the expandable occlusion device when expanded and the cap device define a treatment cavity in the cervix that includes the proximate restriction external os and said adjacent external vaginal wall surfaces; and a passage in the stem to deliver to the treatment cavity an effective amount of a liquid agent for inactivation of papillomavirus for application to the surfaces of the orifice or canal and bounding the treatment cavity including said external vaginal wall surfaces adjacent to the external os.