Patent ID: 7276056

Claim:
A method of treating an abnormal biological condition arising in or affecting the vagina, comprising the steps of introducing a treatment device having an external surface of stainless steel in the vaginal canal, the treatment device including an elongate body having a central longitudinal axis, a head at a forward end of the elongate body defining a closed distal end of the treatment device, an internal passage within the treatment device open at a rearward end of the elongate body, a plurality of forward discharge holes and a plurality of rearward discharge holes in the head in communication with the internal passage, a plurality of external body channels extending longitudinally along the elongate body, and a plurality of external head channels extending along the head in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis, said step of introducing including introducing the treatment device head first in the vaginal canal; supplying a flow of water to the vaginal canal while the treatment device is disposed therein with the purpose of causing a natural therapeutic reaction in the vaginal canal resulting solely from the combined presence of stainless steel and water in the vaginal canal, said step of supplying including supplying water to the internal passage of the treatment device and discharging the water into the vaginal canal through the forward and rearward discharge holes; causing the natural therapeutic reaction to occur in the vaginal canal resulting solely from the combined presence of the stainless steel and water; allowing the water to drain from the vaginal canal along the external head channels and body channels toward the rearward end of the elongate body; withdrawing the treatment device from the vaginal canal upon termination of the flow of water to the vaginal canal; and repeating said steps of introducing, supplying, causing, allowing and withdrawing at regular intervals for the natural therapeutic reaction to normalize or prevent the abnormal biological condition.