Patent ID: 8821456

Claim:
A device for delivering medication both to an internal body cavity and to external tissue surrounding a body orifice that opens to the cavity, the device comprising: an elongated body that has a proximal end and a distal end and that can be inserted through the orifice to place the elongated body within the cavity for delivering medication to a wall of the cavity, a pad that circumferentially surrounds the proximal end of the elongated body and that comprises a distal face which, when the elongated body is placed within the cavity, is placed against tissue surrounding the orifice for delivering medication to that tissue, the pad comprising a proximal face opposite the distal face, a first impermeable layer which comprises a distal face disposed against the proximal face of the pad, the first impermeable layer further comprising a proximal face opposite its distal face, a further layer having a distal face disposed against the proximal face of the impermeable layer and presenting absorbent material to the tissue surrounding the orifice bond an outer perimeter of the pad, the further layer having a proximal face opposite its distal face, a second impermeable layer having a distal face covering the proximal face of the further layer, and in which the elongated body comprises a central core that forms the bulk of the elongated body to maintain the shape of the elongated body during passage through the orifice as it is entering the cavity and a cover covering the central core.